West Australian Restrictive versus Liberal fluid in patients undergoing Major Elective Surgery

Phase 3

• Conditions: Major Abdominal Surgery; Anaesthesiology - Other anaesthesiology

• Registration Number: ACTRN12612000890831
• Lead Sponsor: Health Department of Western Australia

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2012-08-21
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

Elective Major Abdominal Surgery
At least one night in hospital
High Surgical Risk

Exclusion Criteria

Renal Failure
Coagulopathy

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Hospital Length of Stay is the primary outcome and will be prospectively observed from admission to primary discharge. On the last day of hospital admission, research nursing staff following up patients on the ward will indicate Yes or No as to whether the patient is in hospital. The difference in days will then be considered the period of hospitalisation[At end of hospital stay]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Perioperative complications- comprising :<br><br>Respiratory and infective complications will be assessed and the CDC operational definitions of these complications will be employed[At end of hospital stay, at thirty day follow up and at one year.]