POST-operative Variations in anaemia treatmenT and Transfusions (POSTVenTT)
- Conditions
- Perioperative anaemia following major abdominal surgeryBlood - AnaemiaSurgery - Other surgery
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12621001517864
- Lead Sponsor
- South Metropolitan Health Service (SMHS)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 2000
Consecutive adult patients undergoing major emergency or elective abdominal surgery will be eligible for inclusion.
Age: Adult patients, 18 years or above
Procedure: Major abdominal surgery, defined as an operation with an incision into the abdominal cavity and anticipated duration of more than one hour. Procedures performed using any surgical approach, including open, laparoscopic, and robotic surgery are included.
Urgency: Patients undergoing planned (elective or expedited) or unplanned (emergency) surgery.
Procedures: Abdominal surgery classified as minor operations such as; laparoscopic appendicectomy (emergency or elective), endoscopic procedures, transanal or transurethral procedures. A complete list can be found in the appendix 1.
Indication: Palliative procedures as determined pre-operatively and explicitly stated in the medical record or consent form.
Extent of surgery: Operations that are either:
Staged with a planned return for reoperation (such as but not limited to damage control laparotomy or burns surgery)
Change in operative plan such that during the first procedure it is determined that a reoperation is necessary, even if the patient was enrolled pre-operatively
Return to theatre: Patients returning to theatre due to complications following earlier surgery can be included, as long as their index procedure has not already been included in the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method