Effect of Incentive Spirometry on Post-operative Pulmonary Complications After Bariatric Surgery

Effect of Incentive Spirometry on Post Operative Pulmonary Complications After Bariatric Surgery: a Cross Sectional Study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT06756555

Enrollment

140

Registered

2025-01-03

Start date

2024-02-15

Completion date

2025-03-01

Last updated

2025-01-03

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Conditions

Bariatric Surgery Candidate

Brief summary

Today, obesity is the major concern and obese patients are at higher risk of developing pulmonary complications. Incentive Spirometry is widely used worldwide to reduce rates of pulmonary complications. In this study, Effect of Incentive Spirometry (IS) on Post Operative Bariatric Patients (Male and Female) will be studied on patients about sample size of 140 including male and female gender, BMI above 30 kg/m2 having Post Operative Bariatric Surgeries with chances of generating Pulmonary complications.

Detailed description

Research will be conducted in Shalamar Hospital Lahore and data will be collected through predesigned proforma. In previous studies some studies show positive and but some studies don't recommend Incentive Spirometry as a post operative Rehabilitation therapy.But this therapy device is still used in present days in Post Operative patients to prevent pulmonary complications. In this study we conclude the positive or negative effect of Incentive Spirometry.

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTefficacy of Incentive spirometer

The main objective of this research is to check the efficacy of Incentive spirometer on pulmonary complication after bariatric surgrey

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 60 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patient having weight above 25 BMI * Age between 18 years to 60 years * having Post Operative pulmonary complication. * Bariatric patients (Sleeve gastrectomy,Mini gastric Bypass,Sleeve gastrectomy to gastric bypass ,sleeve re do surgery)..

Exclusion criteria

* Patients weight below 25BMI. * other abdominal surgeries. * Patients having absence of teeth. * Patients age below 18 years .

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Respiratory rate using Spirometry	12 Months	Rrespiratory rate, assessed using manual or electronic monitoring, and patient satisfaction with incentive spirometry, evaluated through a structured questionnaire focusing on ease of use and perceived benefits. Average values in healthy patients aged 20-60 range from 5.5 to 4.75 liters in males and from 3.75 to 3.25 liters in females.

Countries

Pakistan

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026