None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Colonoscopy patients are often "dry" or dehydrated as a result of the bowel preparation. This often results in a drop in blood pressure during the procedure. A study in 2006 showed that by giving patients 15ml/kg of fluid, it did not result in improvement of blood pressures, and it was postulated that the volume infused could have been insufficient. In our study, we plan to give 30ml/kg of fluid to colonoscopy patients before their procedure, as we hypothesise that 30ml/kg may be enough to prevent or reduce the drop in blood pressures. We aim to do this by using echocardiography (taking a picture of the heart) to titrate fluids so that patients will not be overloaded with fluids.
Interventions
Hartmann's solution 30ml/kg intravenously pre-operatively, titrated according to level of fluid tolerance on echocardiography.
Sponsors
Dr. Peter Reid
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
All patients presenting for elective colonoscopy.
Exclusion criteria
1. Patient refusal to participate. 2. Language barrier. 3. Medical contraindications (e.g. severe uncontrolled congestive cardiac failure/renal failure) 4. Time constraints (e.g. administrative pressure to get the elective colonoscopy list finished on time).
Outcome results
None listed