Status:
COMPLETED
Incidence of Hypercapnea in Morbidly Obese Post-Surgical Bariatric Patients Using the Sen Tec Transcutaneous PCO2 Monitor
Lead Sponsor:
Corewell Health East
Conditions:
Bariatric Patients
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Brief Summary
Hypercapnea is a condition where there is too much carbon dioxide (CO2) in the blood. Carbon dioxide is a gaseous product of the body's metabolism and is normally expelled through the lungs (breathed ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Consenting male or female adults aged 18-65, scheduled to undergo elective laparoscopic gastric bypass (morbidly obese) or patients scheduled to undergo an abdominal procedure (thin) which will similarly require an overnight admission to Beaumont/Royal Oak Hospital
- Women must be nonpregnant and nonlactating, postmenopausal or surgically sterile. Women of childbearing age must have a negative pregnancy test (performed per standard hospital protocol
Exclusion
- History of COPD (lung/breathing disease)
- Home O2 (oxygen) dependence (home CPAP use is acceptable)
- Pregnancy/nursing
- Scheduled to receive epidural pain management.(Epidural pain management is the continuous infusion of medication(s) into the space surrounding the spinal cord called the epidural space.)
- Participation in another clinical trial within the past 30days
- Skin condition that would interfere with the application of the forehead sensor
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2010
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
22 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01248312
Start Date
October 1 2010
End Date
August 1 2012
Last Update
August 20 2012
Active Locations (1)
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William Beaumont Hospital
Royal Oak, Michigan, United States, 48073