Status:
UNKNOWN
Response to Varying the Rate of Administration of a Fluid Challenge
Lead Sponsor:
St George's Healthcare NHS Trust
Conditions:
Peri-operative Fluid Management
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Administration of intravenous fluids is a key step in the management of the post-operative patient. Fluid management has been identified as one area that can affect rates of post-operative complicatio...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Elective surgical patients admitted post-operatively to the General and Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit, requiring optimization with fluid therapy, as per the current clinical indications.
- Adult patients, aged \>18 years, who have given informed consent to participate in the study.
Exclusion
- Patients without capacity to consent for themselves
- Patients requiring aggressive fluid resuscitation due to life-threatening cardiovascular instability, such would not allow for period of observation for stability as defined in protocol.
- Pregnancy
- Possible contraindications to the use of the cardiac output monitoring device, or pathology known to affect accuracy of readings, including
- Extensive peripheral arterial occlusive disease in upper limbs
- Postoperative valvular insufficiency
- New onset arrhythmia
- Cardiac assist device
- Right ventricular failure, (formal pre-operative diagnosis)
- Severe left ventricular failure or diastolic dysfunction
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2017
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
February 1 2018
Estimated Enrollment :
40 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03300323
Start Date
October 1 2017
End Date
February 1 2018
Last Update
October 3 2017
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