The Effect of Lung Recruitment Maneuver on Postoperative Atelectasis in Children

Seoul National University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Atelectasis

Treatments: Procedure: ultrasonography-guided recruitment maneuver; Procedure: recruitment maneuver

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03453762

H1802-058-921

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators compare the degree of atelectasis in recovery room between conventional recruitment maneuver and ultrasonography-guided lung recruitment during surgery.

Enrollment: 88 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 6 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients who undergo surgery for more than 1 hour under general anesthesia
• Children under 6 years old
• American Society of Anesthesiologist Physical Status I or II

Exclusion criteria

• History of lung surgery
• Abnormal findings in chest x-ray
• Laparoscopic surgery
• Abdominal surgery

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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88 participants in 2 patient groups

Recruitment maneuver group

Active Comparator group

Description:

After anesthetic induction, recruitment maneuver is provided with positive pressure of 30 cmH2O for 10 seconds.

Treatment:

Procedure: recruitment maneuver

Lung ultrasonography group

Experimental group

Description:

After anesthetic induction, recruitment maneuver is performed, being guided by ultrasonography.

Treatment:

Procedure: ultrasonography-guided recruitment maneuver