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Oximetry monitor / Respiratory Depression · Interventional Study
ClinicalTrials.gov · August 10, 2026
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This is a completed registry record for an interventional device study of continuous pulse oximetry monitoring with clinician notification on post-surgical wards. No outcomes data are reported in this registry entry, so the effectiveness or safety impact of the intervention cannot be assessed from this source alone.
Interventional, Randomized, Parallel, Open label, Health Services Research purpose. Respiratory Depression; age from 18 Years. Intervention: Oximetry monitor. Compared with: Standard of Care — No Intervention. n = 2,512. 1 site: Canada.
This is a completed registry record for an interventional device study of continuous pulse oximetry monitoring with clinician notification on post-surgical wards. No outcomes data are reported in this registry entry, so the effectiveness or safety impact of the intervention cannot be assessed from this source alone.
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This is a completed registry record with no results posted; it describes a planned interventional study of continuous pulse oximetry monitoring in post-surgical patients, with enrollment of 2512 participants, but outcomes have not been reported in this registry entry.
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Registry record from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02907255). This is a study registration, not published results. Lead sponsor: McMaster University. Recruitment status: COMPLETED. Phase: NA. Study type: INTERVENTIONAL. Enrollment: 2512 participants (ACTUAL). Conditions: Respiratory Depression. Interventions: DEVICE: Oximetry monitor. Primary outcome measures: Incidence of rescue respiratory resuscitations and ICU Transfers , 3 days. Brief summary: Patients are at risk of respiratory depression after having surgery. The medications that patients are treated with to control their pain can impair their breathing and this can progress to respiratory and cardiac arrest and even death. Vital signs assessment on surgical wards is usually done every 4 hours and this may be insufficient to identify and manage many cases of respiratory depression. The aim of this study is to determine the impact on safety and nursing workflow of a respiratory monitoring on two surgical wards by measuring safety outcomes. Respiratory depression is a serious complication of pain treatment that can lead to patient complications and death. The level of monitoring available in hospitals by nursing staff is insufficient to manage this problem. If this new monitoring technology works as designed then patient safety can be improved while maintaining effective pain therapy.
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