# Bi-PAP vs Sham Bi-PAP on Pulmonary Function in Morbidly Obese Patients After Bariatric Surgery

> **NCT03438383** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Evangelismos Hospital** · enrollment: 48 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Atelectasis
- Pulmonary Infection
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Pulmonary Disease
- Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure
- Hypoxemia
- Morbid Obesity

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Bi-PAP
- **DEVICE:** Sham Bi-PAP

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03438383
- **Lead sponsor:** Evangelismos Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2011-05-23
- **Primary completion:** 2012-05-22
- **Final completion:** 2012-05-31
- **Target enrollment:** 48 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2020-12-16

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03438383

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03438383, "Bi-PAP vs Sham Bi-PAP on Pulmonary Function in Morbidly Obese Patients After Bariatric Surgery". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03438383. Licensed CC0.

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