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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12622000559718
ACTRN12622000559718
Completed
N/A

Impact of patient positioning around surgery on the occurrence of perioperative respiratory adverse events – analysing a change in routine management in children undergoing general anaesthesia– POSSUM

Perth Children's Hospital0 sites2,851 target enrollmentApril 12, 2022

Overview

Phase
N/A
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Perioperative Respiratory Adverse Events
Sponsor
Perth Children's Hospital
Enrollment
2851
Status
Completed
Last Updated
3 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
April 12, 2022
End Date
December 23, 2022
Last Updated
3 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Perth Children's Hospital

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • All children undergoing elective and emergency surgery under general anaesthesia in the operating theatres at Perth Children's Hospital who will be transferred to the post operative care unit (PACU) after surgery – between 8am and 6pm on weekdays.

Exclusion Criteria

  • The following will be excluded from participation:
  • Patients who have an inability to tolerate being flat pre\-operatively e.g. heart failure/ aspiration risk etc., at the discretion of the treating anaesthetist
  • Patients transferred from theatre straight to PICU or NIC

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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