The costs of anaemia after major surgery

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Anaemia; Major abdominal surgery; Blood - Anaemia; Surgery - Surgical techniques; Anaesthesiology - Anaesthetics

• Registration Number: ACTRN12620000177954
• Lead Sponsor: Austin Health

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2020-02-17
• Last Update Posted: 24 February 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1300

Inclusion Criteria

1. Adult patients (>18 years of age) undergoing one of four types of major abdominal surgeries at Austin Health: Colon resections, Rectal resections, Pancreaticodoudenectomy and Liver resections. Both emergent and elective patients will be included.
2. We will only include patients who underwent surgery of greater than two hours duration and who required at least one overnight hospital stay.

Exclusion Criteria

Pregnancy

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The primary outcome will be hospital costs of patients who have preoperative anaemia. This will be determined from the hospital medical records<br>[Costs will be calculated from day of surgery to hospital discharge. Readmission costs will be considered within 30 days of discharge from the index admission. <br>Data will be collected from the patients' hospital medical records. ];The primary outcome will be hospital costs of patients who do not have preoperative anaemia. This will be determined from the hospital medical records<br><br>[Costs will be calculated from day of surgery to hospital discharge. Readmission costs will be considered within 30 days of discharge from the index admission. ]