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A comparison between different methods to measure respiration rate.

Respiratory rate measurements: A comparison of methods in healthy volunteers and postoperative patients - a pilot study.

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
NL-OMON
Registry ID
NL-OMON25006
Enrollment
50
Registered
2011-11-26
Start date
2011-12-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-02-28

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Healthy volunteers: Phase 1: Observe respiratory rate under normal breathing conditions and with a 50% increase and decrease in respiratory rate
Phase 2: Observe respiratory rate and SpO2 after an iv single bolus of remifentanil (50 ug/70 kg) under normal are conditions and with 50% oxygen. Postoperative patients: Phase 3: Observe respirator

Sponsors

Leiden University Medical Center
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Healthy volunteers and post-operative patients being able to give informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: For healthy volunteers: 1. Obesity (BMI > 35); 2. Presence of medical disease (heart-, lung-, liver-, kidney-, neurologic disease; diabetes m.; pyrosis; diaphragmatic hernia); 3. Presence of psychiatric disease; 4. History of chronic alcohol or illicit drug use; 5. Allergy to study medications; 6. Expected difficulty to hold to subject on mask causing leakage and inability to perform mask ventilation (i.e., Mallampati classification 3 or greater); 7. For females, we require the use of contraceptives. For post-opartive patients: Presence of cardiopulmonary diseases.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. Respiratory rate measured by the Respir8, the stopwatch method, capnography and ECG; 2. Oxygen saturation.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
No secondary outcomes will be measured in this study.

Contacts

Public ContactAlbert Dahan

Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Department of Anesthesiology, P.O. Box 9600

a.dahan@lumc.nl+31 (0)71 5262301

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)