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Expiratory Flow Limitation and Postoperative Complications

NCT02229591 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 330

Last updated 2016-10-26

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Summary

Expiratory flow limitation (EFL) occurs when flow ceases to increase with increasing expiratory effort. In any circumstances EFL predisposes to pulmonary dynamic hyperinflation and its unfavorable effects such as increased elastic work of breathing, inspiratory muscles dysfunction, and progressive neuroventilatory dissociation, leading to reduced exercise tolerance, marked breathlessness during effort, and severe chronic dyspnea. Our hypothesis is that EFL should affect post operative outcomes like incidence of pulmonary complication and length of stay in hospital

Conditions

  • Postoperative Respiratory Complications

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Università degli Studi di Ferrara

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-01-31
Primary Completion
2016-08-31
Completion
2016-09-30

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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