Testing of the Apnea Prevention Device

Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2; Phase 1

Conditions: Elective Surgery; Respiratory Depression

Treatments: Other: Skin Stimulus; Other: Verbal prompt

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00875134

10-06-54

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is designed to test the ability of a computer-based algorithm to detect and intervene in cases of narcotic-induced respiratory depression.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Elective surgical patients

Exclusion criteria

• Refusal to consent to study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 1 patient group

Verbal prompt, cutaneous stimulation

Experimental group

Description:

Patient receives either or both a verbal stimulus or cutaneous stimulus

Treatment:

Other: Skin Stimulus

Other: Verbal prompt