Post-Operative Morbidity-Exercise: pre-operative exercise biology and post-operative outcomes
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Post-operative morbiditySurgery
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN90019424
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 106
Inclusion Criteria
Patients undergoing major elective major surgical procedures that are associated with a high incidence of post-operative morbidity (abdominal/oesophageal/hepatic resection/gynaecology/urological reconstructive surgery) and who meet the following criteria:
1. American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) risk grade 3 - 4
2. Aged greater than 50 years, either sex
Exclusion Criteria
1. Acute myocardial ischaemia (contraindication for inotropic support)
2. Acute arrhythmias (contraindication for inotropic support)
3. Pregnancy (lithium-based cardiac output monitoring device)
4. Patients receiving palliative treatment only
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method