Protocol for the PORT study: short-term perioperative rehabilitation to improve outcomes in cardiac valvular surgery - a randomised control trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Perioperative rehabilitation (PORT) has shown a positive effect on patients undergoing cardiac surgery. However, there are minimal data on the impact of short-term PORT in cardiac surgery, which is associated with higher postoperative morbidity and mortality. The trial will assess the efficacy of short-term PORT in reducing in-hospital mortality, postoperative pulmonary complications and length of stay, compared with the usual care in cardiac surgical patients.

Methods and analysis

This is a single-centre prospective, randomised, open, controlled trial with a 1:1 ratio. Consecutive 800 adult patients undergoing elective valve surgery will be randomised to either usual care or in-hospital short-term PORT that consists of education, inspiratory muscle training, ac

SUBMITTER: Zhou H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10748987 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature