Catheter Outcomes With Sternotomy Cardiac Operated
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2015-01-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Pneumonia occurs frequently in patients undergoing cardiac surgery and allows to increase
their mortality. While chest physical therapy plays a crucial role to prevent postoperative
pneumoniae, painful mobilization of the sternum after sternotomy limits chest physical
therapy. The continuous local anesthetic infusion by multiperforated catheter decreases
sternum pain. Because of this optimal pain management, early chest physical therapy could be
more efficient and could contribute to decrease the rate of pneumonia.
The aim of this study is to test if management of sternotomy pain using continuous local
anesthetic infusion by multiperforated catheter may contribute to decrease the rate of
perioperative pneumonia.