Status:

COMPLETED

Brain Tissue Oxygen Saturation and Blood Transfusion in Cardiac Surgery

Lead Sponsor:

Larissa University Hospital

Conditions:

Blood Transfusion

Cardiac Surgery

Eligibility:

All Genders

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

In cardiac operations under cardiopulmonary bypass(CPB), monitoring of brain tissue oxygen saturation with infrared spectrophotoscopy leads to a reduction of the number of packed red cell(PRC) transfu...

Detailed Description

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the use of brain tissue oxygen saturation monitoring will lead to a reduction of the intra-operative use of packed red cell units. Patients randoml...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Cardiac operations under cardiopulmonary bypass, consequently (including coronary-aortic bypass graft), valve replacement, surgery of the ascending aorta, combined procedures, redo-operations)

Exclusion

  • Cardiac operations without the aid of extracorporeal circulation (ex. "off-pump" techniques)
  • Emergency operations

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 1 2012

Estimated Enrollment :

150 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00879463

Start Date

June 1 2009

End Date

April 1 2012

Last Update

July 25 2012

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Larissa University Hospital

Larissa, Thessaly, Greece

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