Status:
UNKNOWN
Central Venous and Abdominal Pressures and the Inferior Vena Cava
Lead Sponsor:
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Conditions:
Hypovolemia
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
The elliptic shape of inferior vena cava (IVC) sections, while hindering the ultrasound measurement of IVC diameter, may provide a useful tool to estimate central venous pressure (CVP). Hypothetically...
Detailed Description
The study will be carried out during the first 6 hours after the end of cardiac surgery when patients are mechanically ventilated and sedated with propofol and remifentanil to achieve a Ramsey sedatio...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- the need determined by the attending physician to perform a rapid fluid load test to guide infusions
- a condition of adequate sedation and good adaptation to mechanical ventilation
- the presence of an arterial catheter and a catheter in the pulmonary artery
Exclusion
- obesity (BMI\> 30 kg/m2)
- age \<18 years
- women of childbearing age
- tricuspid insufficiency
- hemodynamically significant right ventricular failure
- bleeding from the surgical drains greater than 150 mL in the hour preceding the enrollment
- history of allergy to colloids
- administration of more than 1000 mL of hydroxyethyl starch in the last 24 hours
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2013
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
June 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
16 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01840670
Start Date
May 1 2013
End Date
June 1 2014
Last Update
August 7 2013
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Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Rome, Rome, Italy, 00168