Surgical Positions and Postoperative Atelectasis: A Lung Ultrasound Study
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18-65
SponsorCumhuriyet University
About this trial
The aim of this study is to prospectively evaluate the effect of surgical position on the development of postoperative atelectasis in patients undergoing surgery in supine, prone, lateral decubitus, and lithotomy positions using lung ultrasonography (LUS), and to investigate whether there is a difference between these positions.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Being between 18-65 years of age
Having ASA I-III status
Planning elective surgery under general anesthesia
Agreeing to participate in the study and signing the consent form
Disqualifiers
Patients requiring emergency surgery
Patients with ASA IV or higher
Presence of a known serious preoperative lung disease (COPD, Asthma, Pneumonia, Pleural effusion, Pneumothorax, Interstitial lung disease, Bronchiectasis, etc.)
History of neuromuscular disease
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- lung ultrasound
Treatment groups
100 Participants
are divided into 4 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov