Positioning of Surgical Patients With Sleep Apnea

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Conditions studied: Obstructive Sleep Apnea

In brief

The study aims to evaluate the effect of non-supine positioning in the treatment of surgical patients with obstructive sleep apnea. The hypothesis is that non-supine positioning will result in a decrease in acute hypoxic events, defined as the number of apneas/hypopneas per hour of sleep.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02123238

Run by

Englewood Hospital and Medical Center

People needed

0

Starts

2014-04-01

Expected to finish

2015-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-09-15

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Minimum 1 night postoperative hospital stay
• More than 18 and less than 80 years old
• Identified as high risk of OSA (SACS > 15) or a history of OSA without CPAP treatment

You may not qualify if…

• Unwilling or unable to give informed consent
• Undergoing nasal, eye, head/neck surgery, intracranial or cardiac/thoracic surgery
• Currently undergoing treatment for sleep apnea including CPAP
• Requiring prolonged postoperative ventilation
• NYHA functional class III and IV
• Valvular heart disease, dilated cardiomyopathy, implanted cardiac pacemaker, or unstable angina
• Myocardial infarction or cardiac surgery within 3 months
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or asthma
• Presence of tracheostomy, facial, neck, or chest wall abnormalities
• Abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery, chemotherapy, or immunosuppressive therapy within 3 months
• Visiting preoperative clinic less than 3 days before surgery
• Requiring postoperative nasogastric tube

Where it is running

• Englewood Hospital and Medical Center — Englewood, New Jersey, United States

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