Enhanced recovery after cardiac surgery (ERACS) in interdisciplinary critical care medicine in the university heart center Bad Krozingen

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00035495

Enrollment

3000

Registered

2025-03-18

Start date

2025-03-24

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

Does the implementation of the ERACS concept with a focus on sedation-free intensive care reduce the incidence of postoperative complications?

Interventions

Group 1: Cardiosurgical patient population before implementation of the Enhanced Recovery After Cardiac Surgery (ERACS) concept with sedation-free intensive care and incidence of organ complications G

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Cardiac surgery with and without ECC and postoperative mechanical ventilation - Comparison of 2019 to 2023/2024 (approx. 1,000 patients per year) - Age at admission to hospital =18 years - Admission to the interdisciplinary operative intensive care unit in Bad Krozingen

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: none

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Incidence of postoperative or organic complications according to EPCO criteria	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Intensive care parameters such as sedation medication, duration of ventilation, circulatory therapy, surgical course, survival, type of discharge, disease severity (scores)	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactFelix Rottmann

Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin

felix.rottmann@uniklinik-freiburg.de+49 7633 402 6304

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026