Oxygen Monitoring of Patients After Surgery on the Hospital General Care Floor

Completed

Conditions studied: Sleep Disordered Breathing

In brief

The pain medication given after major surgery may cause some patients to stop breathing for periods of time especially at night time. An oxygen monitor may reflect this abnormal breathing pattern. This is an observational study of 100 post-operative patients who will be monitored with a pulse oximeter for a minimum of two nights and a maximum of five nights to determine the prevalence of this abnormal breathing pattern.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01082575

Run by

Medtronic - MITG

People needed

100

Starts

2010-02-01

Expected to finish

2010-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-08-07

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age of 18 years or older
• Discharge from the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) to the GCF after any of the following major surgeries: bariatric surgery, major orthopedic surgery (e.g., total hip replacement), major general surgery (e.g., bowel resections, open cholecystectomy), and major gynecological surgery (e.g., radical hysterectomy)

You may not qualify if…

• Pre-existing central neurological disease, including but not limited to recent traumatic brain injury, stroke, and neurodegenerative disease
• Ongoing use of mechanical ventilation or continuous positive airway pressure in the GCF

Where it is running

• Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital — Santa Barbara, California, United States
• Tulane University — New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
• Texas Health Research & Education Institute — Fort Worth, Texas, United States

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