Status:
COMPLETED
Kinetics of D-Dimers After Abdominal Surgery
Lead Sponsor:
University of Zurich
Conditions:
Natural Kicetics of d-Dimers After Surgery
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-90 years
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to investigate the natural kinetics of D-dimers that occur after abdominal surgery.
Detailed Description
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a potentially fatal disease with an estimated incidence of 0.1%. One third of the VTE occur as pulmonal embolism with a mortality up to 25% (White RH. Circulation 107:2...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- patients undergoing elective surgery
Exclusion
- age \< 18 years
- patients not speaking german
- patients involved in another study
- pregnancy
- concommitant inflammatory disease
- patients with oral anticoagulation
- patients having received fresh frozen plasma
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2007
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
October 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
90 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00450528
Start Date
February 1 2007
End Date
October 1 2007
Last Update
October 24 2007
Active Locations (1)
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Univeryity Hospital, Clinic for Visceral- and Transplantation Surgery
Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, 8091