An evaluation of the Clear Fluids Diet: A comparison between patients commencing on Clear Fluids or Free Fluids and the effect this has on post-operative outcomes after elective large bowel surgery.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Elective colorectal surgery for inflammatory bowel disease, diverticular disease or cancer.Surgery - Other surgeryOral and Gastrointestinal - Other diseases of the mouth, teeth, oesophagus, digestive system including liver and colon
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12609000955213
- Lead Sponsor
- Peninsula Health
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
Patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery who would require clear fluids post operatively
Exclusion Criteria
Patients receiving enteral or parenteral nutrition support
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method umber of days of hospital admission post surgery collected from medical records.[At discharge from Frankston Hospital];Post-operative complications including ileus, anastomotic breakdown and wound breakdown as documented in the medical history by the medical team.<br><br>Pneumonia (from chest xray showing positive infiltrates and positive sputum culture), urinary tract infection (positive urine cultures), sepsis (temperature greater than 38 degrees, heart rate above 90 bpm, respiratory rate greater that 20 rpm and white cell count above 12 x10^9/L or less than 4 x10^9/L or more than 10 % band forms in the absence of chemotherapy induced neutropenia or leukopenia) and mortality from medical history.[Incidence of complications will be collected during hospital admission];Proportion of nutritional requirements met using food and fluid chart analysis. Nutritional requirements will be calculated using the Schofield Equation.[Until patient is tolerating Light Diet for 24 hours]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Patient satisfaction with the Clear and Free Fluid Diets using a modified Department of Human Services Metropolitan Health Services Meal Service questionnaire[The day after the patients is commenced on Clear or Free Fluids]