Pre- and Postoperative Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Reduces Complications After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Randomized Trial

Pre- and postoperative cardiopulmonary rehabilitation reduces complications after coronary artery bypass surgery. This study was conducted as a randomized trial to verify this hypothesis in our institution. ICSC

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Key information

Conditions

Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

All CAB patients

Exclusion criteria

SCA in the previous 24h and incapacity of doing light exercise. Valvular patients

Treatment and study plan

REHAB (Pre- and postoperative cardiopulmonary rehabilitation)

Behavioral

Primary outcomes

length of stay in the ICU (in minutes); days on the ward after ICU until hospital discharge; pneumonia with the need for antibiotic treatment; and atrial fibrillation or flutter detected on daily-performed electrocardiograms

Secondary outcomes

time until oro-tracheal tube (OTT) removal, occurrence of pleural effusion, atelectasis, change in peak-flow (baseline vs. 2 hours after extubation vs. discharge), and changes in the 6-minute-walking distance between enrollment and hospital discharge.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina

Other Gov

Collaborators

ICSC

Registry information

Important dates

Study completion: 2005
First posted: May 1, 2008
Registry last updated: May 1, 2008

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