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IS Reduces Rib Fracture Complications

NCT04006587 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2019-07-05

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Summary

The incentive spirometer (IS) is a mechanical device that helps lung expansion. It is commonly used to prevent postoperative lung atelectasis and decreased pulmonary complications in patients who received cardiac, lung, or abdomen surgery.This study aimed to explore the effect of the IS on the improvement of lung function and decrease in pulmonary complication rate in rib fractures patients.

Conditions

  • Hemothorax; Traumatic
  • Rib Fractures
  • Rib Trauma

Interventions

DEVICE

incentive spirometer

patients were instructed how to use the IS in a seated or semi-seated position, and to maintain sustained maximal inspiration for 3-5 seconds before exhalation, ten times per hour, and for at least eight hours a day.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-06-01
Primary Completion
2017-05-31
Completion
2017-06-01

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