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Intraoperative Goal Directed Fluid Management in Supratentorial Brain Tumor Craniotomy

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Brain Tumor
Craniotomy
Interventions
Procedure: Pulse pressure variation guided fluid therapy
Procedure: Traditional fluid therapy
Procedure: Brain tumor excision
Registration Number
NCT03033706
Lead Sponsor
Cairo University
Brief Summary

Pulse pressure variation (PPV) to standard fluid management (4ml/Kg/hr) in patients undergoing supratentorial mass excision. The investigators hypothesize that in these procedures, goal-directed fluid therapy (GDT) might improve brain relaxation, and patient hemodynamics intra and postoperatively.

Detailed Description

Neurosurgical operations are characterized by major fluid shift, frequent use of diuretics, and prolonged operative time. The role of fluid therapy in these patients is very critical, hypovolemia might lead to brain hypoperfusion and over-transfusion might lead increased intracranial tension. All these factors make fluid management in these procedures complex and challenging. Evidence on the optimum protocol for intraoperative fluid management in neurosurgical patients is still lacking.

Goal-directed therapy (GDT) in the operating room is a term used to describe the use of cardiac output or similar parameters to guide intravenous fluid and inotropic therapy.

Although GDT was well reported in many procedures, its benefit in neurosurgical operations is not well studied.

Pulse pressure variation (PPV) is a famous dynamic method of fluid responsiveness. PPV is simply calculated by dividing the largest pulse pressure (PPmax - PPmin) by the average pulse pressure (PPmax + PPmin /2) and expressed as percentage. PPV was previously used in GDT in major abdominal surgery with good performance.

The aim of this study is to compare the restricted fluid approach (1 ml/Kg/hr) guided by PPV to standard fluid management (4ml/Kg/hr) in patients undergoing supratentorial mass excision. The investigators hypothesize that in these procedures GDT might improve brain relaxation, and patient hemodynamics intra and postoperatively.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
61
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients scheduled for supratentorial mass excision will be enrolled in the study.
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Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients with arrhythmias, pulmonary hypertension, impaired cardiac contractility, impaired liver or kidney function, and patients with BMI above 40 will be excluded.
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Study groupBrain tumor excisionBrain tumor excision under general anesthesia. Intervention (Pulse pressure variation guided fluid therapy): Study group will receive restricted fluid management with 1 ml/Kg/hr with concomitant PPV monitoring. PPV will be measured using invasive blood pressure monitor. Fluid bolus of 3 ml/Kg of ringer solution will be administrated whenever PPV is higher than 13%.
Control groupBrain tumor excisionBrain tumor excision under general anesthesia. Intervention (Traditional fluid therapy): Control Group will receive standard fluid management of 4 ml/Kg/hr ringer solution plus rescue fluid bolus of 200 ml Ringer solution if Mean arterial pressure decreased by 20% with central venous pressure less than 4 mmHg.
Study groupPulse pressure variation guided fluid therapyBrain tumor excision under general anesthesia. Intervention (Pulse pressure variation guided fluid therapy): Study group will receive restricted fluid management with 1 ml/Kg/hr with concomitant PPV monitoring. PPV will be measured using invasive blood pressure monitor. Fluid bolus of 3 ml/Kg of ringer solution will be administrated whenever PPV is higher than 13%.
Control groupTraditional fluid therapyBrain tumor excision under general anesthesia. Intervention (Traditional fluid therapy): Control Group will receive standard fluid management of 4 ml/Kg/hr ringer solution plus rescue fluid bolus of 200 ml Ringer solution if Mean arterial pressure decreased by 20% with central venous pressure less than 4 mmHg.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Evaluation of brain relaxationone minute after dural puncture and one minute before dural closure

A 4-point scale will be performed as follows: grade 1, perfectly relaxed; grade 2, satisfactorily relaxed; grade 3, firm brain; grade 4, bulging brain.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
volume of intraoperative fluid requirementsintraoperatively

in litres

arterial blood gasesone hour postoperatively

partial pressure of oxygen and carbon dioxide

serum lactateone hour postoperatively

in mmol per decilitre

prothrombin concentrationone hour postoperatively

in percent

number of episodes of hypotensionintraoperatively

number of times where the blood pressure decreased by 25% of baseline

Urine outputintraoperatively

Litres

heart rateintraoperatively

in beat per minute

Hemoglobin concentrationone hour postoperatively

in grams per decilitre

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Cairo University

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Cairo, Egypt

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