Fluid Management After Surgery in the Post-Anesthetic Care Unit (PACU)

The Practice of Fluid Management in the Post-anesthetic Care Unit (PACU) of Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Patients Undergoing Elective Surgery: an Observational Study

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00947401

Enrollment

1000

Registered

2009-07-28

Start date

2009-09-30

Completion date

2010-12-31

Last updated

2009-07-28

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Conditions

Surgery

Keywords

Surgery, elective, Fluids, Post Anesthesia Care Unit, PACU, Fluid management

Brief summary

The objective of the present study is to describe the current practice of postoperative fluid management in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) of the Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.

Detailed description

The aim of this study is to follow and present the current practice of fluid administration in the PACUof Shaare Zedek Medical Center for an extended period of time as a first step towards establishing guidelines for postoperative fluid management.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* age \> 18 yrs * elective surgery * ASA I-III

Exclusion criteria

* massive intraoperative blood loss * non elective surgery * pregnant women * stay in the PACU \< 15 minutes

Countries

Israel

Contacts

Primary ContactYaacov Gozal, MD

gozaly@szmc.org.il972-2-6555614

Outcome results