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Impact of Positive End Maximum Voluntary Ventilation and Dyspnea Index in Patients After Valvular Heart Surgery

NCT05267067 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2022-03-04

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Summary

Pulmonary mechanics are further disturbed after cardiothoracic surgery that manifests like restrictive pathology, which may persist for weeks to months postoperatively. This experimental aimed to investigate the efficacy of a positive end-expiratory pressure device on maximum expiratory pressure, maximum voluntary ventilation, and dyspnea index in patients who underwent valve surgery.

Conditions

  • Respiration Disorders

Interventions

OTHER

respiratory exercises

Manual respiratory exercises versus respiratory exercises with pressure meter

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cairo University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Abdallaha Mohamed, MD · Nahda University, Faculty of Physical Therapy

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-09-02
Primary Completion
2021-01-20
Completion
2021-02-01

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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