Breathing support settings during heart bypass surgery
Part of Heart & circulation, Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This study tests personalized breathing machine settings during open-heart surgery with a heart-lung machine to reduce lung complications after surgery. Researchers want to see if tailoring these settings to each patient helps them recover better.
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Who can take part
- Scheduled for elective (planned, not emergency) open-heart surgery using a heart-lung machine
- Surgery involves cutting through the breastbone (median sternotomy) to access the heart
- Overall health status rated as ASA II or III (relatively stable with controlled medical conditions)
- No heart attack in the past 3 months
- No severe lung disease (advanced COPD) or very poor heart function (NYHA Class IV)
- BMI under 35 kg/m² and no severe liver or kidney disease
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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