Anesthetics to Prevent Lung Injury in Cardiac Surgery

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the use of inhaled anesthetics, compared to intravenous anesthetics, can affect the amount of lung inflammation and postoperative respiratory complications seen after cardiac surgery.

Timeline

Start

2017-06-09

Primary completion

2018-12-24

Completion

2021-02-01

Publications

• O'Gara B, Subramaniam B, Shaefi S, Mueller A, Banner-Goodspeed V, Talmor D. Anesthetics to Prevent Lung Injury in Cardiac Surgery (APLICS): a protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2019 May 31;20(1):312. doi: 10.1186/s13063-019-3400-x.

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