Treatment of patients undergoing cardiac surgery in a Fast-Track-Protocol in specialized anesthetic care unit compared to treatment in a Fast-Track-Protocol on IC

Completed

• Conditions: Anesthetic fast track protocol in cardiac surgery; Surgery

• Registration Number: ISRCTN71768341
• Lead Sponsor: niversity Hospital Leipzig (Germany)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-03-11
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

Every patient scheduled to undergo CABG, valve surgery, or combined CABG and valve surgery

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients who were in cardiogenic shock
2. Were dialysis dependent
3. Had an additive EuroSCORE of more than 10

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Extubation time and Postanesthesia Care Unit (PACU)/Intensive Care Unit (ICU) length of stay (LOS). Primary endpoints will be measured from the time point were the patient reaches PACU/ICU.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Hospital LOS<br>2. Overall length of intensive care treatment (Total ICT LOS)<br>3. In-house mortality<br>4. Low cardiac output<br>5. New onset cardiac arrhythmia, respiratory failure requiring prolonged ventilation or re-intubation and incidences of surgical re-exploration and renal failure.<br><br>Secondary endpoint hospital length of stay is measured from the time were patient were admitted to the hospital. Total ICT LOS is measured from admitting the patient to PACU/ICU All other secondary outcomes are measured at baseline.