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A study to evaluate differences in amount of oxygen absorbed in blood by using pulse oximeter in brown skinned individuals

Not Applicable
Conditions
Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
Registration Number
CTRI/2024/04/065736
Lead Sponsor
ifebox foundation
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

1.Patients undergoing major elective oncologic surgery (For example, radical gastrectomy, pancreatic resection, hepatectomy, abdominal compartment resection, radical nephrectomy, retroperitoneal lymph node dissection, radical cystectomy, radical prostatectomy, colorectal resection, total abdominal hysterectomy and salpingo-oophorectomy, and cytoreductive surgeries).

2.Patients requiring an arterial line as part of their standard-of-care.

Exclusion Criteria

1.Patients undergoing emergency surgery.

2.Hemodynamically unstable patients requiring inotrope support. Hemodynamically stable patients with elective low-dose intra-operative inotrope support of up to 0.05mcg/kg/min will still be included.

3.Haemoglobin less than or equal to 8g/dL at the time of surgery.

4.On mechanical ventilation prior to surgery.

5.Pre-existing local skin or nail disorders preventing accurate measurement of SpO2 by pulse-oximeter.

6.Patients with intrathoracic surgical procedures; to avoid potential confounding factors related to lung parenchymal resections, single-lung ventilation or mediastinal dissection.

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Proportion of patients with Occult hypoxemiaTimepoint: Pulse oximetry readings will be obtained at the time of intra-operative and immediate post-operative sampling for ABGA
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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