The association of high plasma potassium levels and high carbon dioxide levels in patients undergoing major laparoscopic abdominal surgery

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Completed

• Conditions: Hypercarbia; Hyperkalaemia; Laparoscopic abdominal surgery; Surgery - Surgical techniques; Anaesthesiology - Anaesthetics; Blood - Other blood disorders; Metabolic and Endocrine - Other metabolic disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12619000716167
• Lead Sponsor: Austin Health

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2019-05-07
• Study Start: 2019-05-13
• Last Update Posted: 15 July 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 286

Inclusion Criteria

We will include:
1. adult patients greater than 40 years
2. undergoing major laparoscopic surgical procedure, and
3. require mechanical ventilation in the operating suite, and
4. require an arterial line as part of standard haemodynamic monitoring

Major surgery is defined as surgery greater than 2 hours duration and a hospital stay of at least 1 postoperative night

Exclusion Criteria

1. Any non laparoscopic abdominal surgery
2. The patient has planned thoracic surgery
3. The patient has planned cardiac surgery
4. The patient is pregnant
5. The patient has planned intracranial neurosurgery

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified