Prevalence of systemic venous congestion in Surgical critically ill patients assessed by Venous Excess Ultrasound Grading System (VExUS)

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

TCTR

Registry ID

TCTR20250202003

Enrollment

Registered

2025-02-02

Start date

2025-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-03

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Conditions

1.venous congestion in critically ill postoperative surgical patients 2.AKI in critically ill postoperative surgical patients Ultrasonography Venous Congestion Acute Kidney Injury Postoperative Complications

Interventions

Surgical adult patients admitted in Surgical intensive care units of Ramathibodi Hospital with Venous ultrasound assessments within 24 hr

Treatment

surgical adult patients

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1.Surgical adult patients admitted in Surgical intensive care units of Ramathibodi Hospital with Venous ultrasound assessments within 24 hr

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients who refused to participate in the study 2. Patients with previously known conditions that interfere with portal Doppler assessments (liver cirrhosis, portal vein thrombosis, or severe tricuspid regurgitation with structural heart disease) 3. Patients with severe chronic kidney disease (estimated glomerular filtration rate <15 mL/min per 1.73 m2 or in regular dialysis program) or renal transplantation 4. Patients with obstacles to abdominal ultrasound include those with severe obesity (BMI of 40 or higher or abdominal burn wounds that may impede ultrasound 5. Pregnancy

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Prevalence of systemic venous congestion within 24 hr after the completion of surgery in all patients admitted to the ICU Venous ultrasound assessments	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The risk factors association between systemic venous congestion and AKI in postoperative surgical ICU patients. within 48 hr after the completion of surgery in all patients admitted to the ICU defined according to KDIGO as Cr more than 0.3 mg/dl from baseline within 48 hr or urine output less than 0.5mL/kg/hr for greater than 6 hours,The risk factors association with venous congestion in intraoperative period within 48 hr after the completion of surgery in all patients admitted to the ICU data collection	—

Measure

Time frame

The risk factors association between systemic venous congestion and AKI in postoperative surgical ICU patients. within 48 hr after the completion of surgery in all patients admitted to the ICU defined according to KDIGO as Cr more than 0.3 mg/dl from baseline within 48 hr or urine output less than 0.5mL/kg/hr for greater than 6 hours,The risk factors association with venous congestion in intraoperative period within 48 hr after the completion of surgery in all patients admitted to the ICU data collection

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Countries

Thailand

Contacts

Public Contactchanarat suwanwichai

Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University

chanarat.cricare@gmail.com0616514545

Outcome results

None listed

Source: TCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 10, 2026