Clinical Trial: Oral Fluid Intake After Extubation
Study Status: COMPLETED
Recruit Status: COMPLETED
Condition: Intubation
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: Early Versus Delayed Oral Fluid Intake Initiation (Sipping) After Extubation, Influence on the Feeling of Thirst, Patient Comfort and the Occurrence of Complications.
Brief Summary:
According to the current guidelines the patient is not allowed to drink any fluid at least 2 hours after extubation to prevent complications.However there is no evidence in the literature to support this approach.Because anaesthetic drugs and their side effects changed significantly from their first usage, the investigators can assume that existing approach is obsolete and has no place anymore in the modern medicine.Keeping patient n.p.o (nothing per os) for 2 hours after extubation may lead to patient´s thirst or…
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