Status:

UNKNOWN

Preoperative Ultrasonographic Evaluation of Caval Aorta Diameter Index

Lead Sponsor:

Egymedicalpedia

Conditions:

Hypotension

Geriatric Patients

Eligibility:

All Genders

60-85 years

Brief Summary

General anesthesia is frequently used in daily clinical practice. Elderly patients often require a higher level of care than younger patients during the perioperative period, with higher health care c...

Detailed Description

Prevention of an undesired hypotensive event has a key role in providing patient safety. Patients' susceptibility to intra-operative hypotension can be influenced by the pre-operative volume status. ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Adult patients ( 60 - 85 ) years old of both sexes with American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I-II and scheduled for elective surgeries under general anesthesia.

Exclusion

  • Refusal to join the study.
  • Mental and psychiatric disorders (un co-operative patients).
  • Emergency operations
  • ASA physical status \> II
  • Dyspnea, respiratory distress, un-compensated respiratory disease (generalized wheezes, defective functional capacity, peripheral O2 saturation less than 90% on room air )
  • patients with uncontrolled hypertension, Systolic blood pressure ≥ 180 mmHg
  • IVC non visualized
  • Patients with increased intra-abdominal pressure (intra-abdominal mass compressing IVC).
  • anticipated or accidental discovered difficult airway
  • patients taking angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptors blockers, documented heart failure, elevated pulmonary arterial pressure \> 40 mmHg, significant valvular heart disease, significant carotid stenosis, peripheral vascular diseases, unstable angina or cardiac ejection fraction less than 40%, implanted pacemaker or cardioversion , known cases of abdominal aortic abnormality as aneurysm or previous operations.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2023

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

April 15 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

105 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06155461

Start Date

April 1 2023

End Date

April 15 2024

Last Update

December 4 2023

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Al-Azhar University hospitals

Cairo, Egypt