Supplemental Postoperative Oxygen and Wound Infection in Morbidly Obese Patients

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Surgical Wound Infection

In brief

The investigators propose to test the hypothesis that the incidence of major complications related to infection or inadequate healing is reduced in morbidly obese patients given 80% inspired oxygen during, and for 12-18 hours after, surgery compared with patients given 80% oxygen only during surgery. The primary outcome will be a composite of major complications plausibly related to infection or healing.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00315822

Run by

The Cleveland Clinic

People needed

400

Starts

2006-05-01

Expected to finish

2009-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-04-06

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients with a BMI > 35 kg/m2 undergoing open or laparoscopic gastric bypass

You may not qualify if…

• Surgeon does not anticipate primary wound closure
• History of fever or infection within 24 hours of surgery
• History of susceptibility to malignant hyperthermia
• Current heart or lung disease

Where it is running

• University of Louisville — Louisville, Kentucky, United States
• Cleveland Clinic Foundation — Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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