postoperative pulmonary complications
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Age > 50 years; 2. Undergoing elective abdominal surgery with an expected operative time > 2 hours; 3. Modified Frailty Index (mFI) >= 0.21.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. ASA > ?; 2. Body mass index (BMI) over 30 kg/m2; 3. Those who are already undergoing mechanical ventilation before surgery; 4. Allergic to dexmedetomidine; 5. Sick sinus syndrome, or severe sinus bradycardia (< 50 beats/minute), or second degree or higher atrioventricular block; 6. Preoperative inability to communicate due to language barriers, mental disorders, and so on; 7. Have already been enrolled in this study; 8. Refused to participate.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Incidence of pulmonary complications within 7 days after surgery; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Time to postoperative pulmonary complications;ICU admissions;ICU hours;Length of postoperative hospitalization;Composite complication index within 7 days after surgery;Incidence of single or pulmonary complications within 30 days of surgery;Incidence of multiple pulmonary complications within 30 days of surgery;Incidence of extrapulmonary complications within 30 days after surgery;Composite complication index within 30 days after surgery;All-cause mortality within 30 days of surgery; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University