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Effect of VExUS Ultrasound Protocol (Venous Excess Ultrasound) on Perioperative Fluid Management, on the Incidence of Postoperative Pulmonary Complications and Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Undergoing Thoracic Surgery
Led by University of Crete · Updated on 2025-12-02
230
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
257 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This study aims to investigate the effect of a VExUS ultrasound guided protocol of perioperative fluid management within a goal-directed therapy framework, on postoperative respiratory complications, and the occurrence of acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients undergoing thoracic surgery.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Effect of VExUS Ultrasound Protocol (Venous Excess Ultrasound) on Perioperative Fluid Management, on the Incidence of Postoperative Pulmonary Complications and Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Undergoing Thoracic Surgery
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Adults >18 years undergoing video assisted thoracic surgery or lobectomy requiring one-lung ventilation.
You will not qualify if you...
- Refusal to participate.
- Pneumonectomy.
- Young athletes (risk of physiologically large IVC >2 cm).
- Moderate to severe tricuspid regurgitation or moderate to severe pulmonary hypertension.
- Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, EF <35%.
- Portal hypertension, portal vein thrombosis, or liver cirrhosis.
- Stage 4 or end-stage chronic kidney disease (eGFR <30 mL/min/1.73 m2 or dialysis).
- Transfusion with more than 2 packed red blood cells perioperatively (intraoperatively, PACU, or ward).
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
University General Hospital of Heraklion
Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 71500
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
A
Alexandros Bogas Manouselis, Resident of Anaesthesiology
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
PREVENTION
Number of Arms
2
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