Is There a Benefit of Postoperative ICU Management After Elective Surgery in Terms of Patient's Outcome, Length of Hospital Stay, Complications and Cost?
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Postoperative Care
- Sponsor
- Saint Savvas Anticancer Hospital
- Enrollment
- 150
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Total length of hospital stay
- Last Updated
- 7 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Postoperative care of high risk patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) has for long been considered to be the gold standard of care in terms of reducing perioperative mortality.New evidence from a 7-day cohort study involving 27 countries comes to question this practice. The primary objective of our study is to detect any benefit of postoperative ICU care after elective surgery in terms of patient's outcome, length of hospital stay, complications and cost.
Detailed Description
A prospective analysis of high perioperative risk patients that are about to be subjected into an elective operation will be included into the study. They will be allocated into two groups. Group ICU patients are those that are admitted into the ICU for postoperative care and those that are admitted into a standard ward consist Group Ward. Demographic data, the length of hospital stay, the outcome, the need of mechanical ventilation, the complications and the total cost will be recorded.
Investigators
Georgia Micha
Anesthesiologist,MD, PhD Principal Investigator
Saint Savvas Anticancer Hospital
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •All patients that will be scheduled for an elective operation and are considered to be in a high perioperative risk
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patients that are operated on an emergency basis
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Total length of hospital stay
Time Frame: From date of hospital admission until the date of hospital discharge or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 6 months
The total length of patient's hospital stay will be recorded
Secondary Outcomes
- Postoperative length of hospital stay(From date of surgical operation until the date of hospital discharge or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 6 months)
- Preoperative length of hospital stay(From date of hospital admission until the date of operation or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 6 months)
- Postoperative complications(From date of surgical operation until the date of hospital discharge or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 6 months)
- Postoperative cost of hospital care(From date of surgical operation until the date of hospital discharge or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 6 months)
- Patient's outcome at 28 days postoperatively(From the first postoperative day until 28 days postoperatively)
- Total cost of hospital care(From date of hospital admission until the date of hospital discharge or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 6 months)