Journal article
The LIPPSMAck POP (Lung Infection Prevention Post Surgery - Major Abdominal - with Pre-Operative Physiotherapy) trial: Study protocol for a multi-centre randomised controlled trial
I Boden, L Browning, EH Skinner, J Reeve, D El-Ansary, IK Robertson, L Denehy
Trials | Published : 2015
Abstract
Background: Post-operative pulmonary complications are a significant problem following open upper abdominal surgery. Preliminary evidence suggests that a single pre-operative physiotherapy education and preparatory lung expansion training session alone may prevent respiratory complications more effectively than supervised post-operative breathing and coughing exercises. However, the evidence is inconclusive due to methodological limitations. No well-designed, adequately powered, randomised controlled trial has investigated the effect of pre-operative education and training on post-operative respiratory complications, hospital length of stay, and health-related quality of life following upper..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This study is an investigator-initiated trial funded by research grants from the Clifford Craig Medical Research Trust, Launceston, Australia ($60,000 AUD), the University of Tasmania (virtual Tasmanian Academic Health Science Precinct), Tasmania, Australia ($50,000 AUD), Awhina Contestable Research Grant from the Waitemata District Health Board and Three Harbours Health Foundation, Auckland, New Zealand ($20,000 NZD), and sponsorship of the Department of Health and Human Services, Tasmania, to fund the Principal Investigator for the period of the trial ($150,000 AUD).