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

August 5, 2014 updated by: Medtronic - MITG

Oxygen Saturation Monitoring in the General Care Floor (GCF): An Observational Study of Repetitive Reductions in Airflow

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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

No further details necessary or available.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

100

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • California
      • Santa Barbara, California, United States, 93102
        • Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
    • Louisiana
      • New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70131
        • Tulane University
    • Texas
      • Fort Worth, Texas, United States, 76104
        • Texas Health Research & Education Institute

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Hospital Patients

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 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)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • 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

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
Major Surgery
Oxygen Monitoring
No intervention
Other Names:
  • Nellcor Pulse Oximeter
  • N600X

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Number of General Care Floor Patients Exhibiting a Saturation Pattern Detection (SPD) Alert.
Time Frame: 5 days
Number of patients on the General care Floor in which a SPD (Saturation Pattern Detection) Alert occurs. Each patient wore a sensor on their finger continuously after surgery for up to 5 days. The sensor was attached to a Nellcor N600X oximeter which measures blood oxygen level. A SPD alert detects a patient's blood oxygen level that is increasing and decreasing in a pattern that is associated with periods of no breathing.
5 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Number of Participants With Adverse Events (AE) Caused by no Breathing
Time Frame: Five Nights
Number of participants with Airway Obstruction that caused the patient to stop breathing Number of participants with Cardiac arrest w/resuscitation caused by the patient not breathing
Five Nights

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

February 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2010

Study Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2010

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 5, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 5, 2010

First Posted (Estimate)

March 8, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

August 7, 2014

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 5, 2014

Last Verified

August 1, 2014

More Information

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