Influence of frailty and obesity on the complication rates following cardiac surgery

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Frailty; Obesity; Cardiac surgery; Diet and Nutrition - Obesity; Cardiovascular - Other cardiovascular diseases; Surgery - Other surgery

• Registration Number: ACTRN12617000380392
• Lead Sponsor: sha Gurunathan

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2017-03-14
• Last Update Posted: 1 November 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1700

Inclusion Criteria

All elective and urgent cardiac procedures including CABG or valvular surgery or both along with any other concomitant procedure at The Prince Charles Hospital.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients <18 years old
Pregnant women
Emergency cardiac procedures
Repair of congenital heart pathologies, transplants, isolated aortic wall, thoracic or other vascular procedures.
Refusal of consent
Secondary procedures during the same admission

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Any one of the following major adverse events (AE) prior to hospital discharge following index procedure by review of cardiothoracic surgery database whereby the details are collected by daily patient followup until discharge.<br>1.Prolonged ventilation (>24 hours)<br>2.Prolonged ICU stay (>72 hours)<br>3.Return to operating theatre: any cause<br>4.Reoperation for bleeding<br>5.Perioperative MI<br>6.New atrial arrhythmia<br>7.New brady arrhythmia or heart block requiring permanent pacemaker<br>8.Cardiac arrest<br>9.Low cardiac output<br>10.New renal failure<br>11.New cerebrovascular event<br>12.Deep sternal wound infection<br>13.New vascular complication<br>14.Pneumonia<br>15.Pulmonary embolism<br>16.Readmission to ICU<br>17.Multi-organ failure<br>18.All cause mortality<br>[prior to hospital discharge]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ength of stay in hospital following index admission (from admission till day of discharge or death)<br><br><br>[prior to hospital discharge];Days alive and out of hospital (DAOH) from surgery to 30 days following operation. This information collected by phone calls, email survey, followup during outpatient visit, GP contact.<br><br>[30 days post surgery];Survival rates[2 years];Costs of admission for the index operation[by data linkage to the medicare cost records]