To compare the effect of using conventional method of assessing blood loss versus using continuous non invasive Haemoglobin monitoring method on blood transfusion during decompression surgery for acute brain injury patients
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: S069- Unspecified intracranial injury
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/01/030347
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Geetha
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1.Patients aged 18-65 years scheduled for decompressive craniotomy
2Acute brain injury defined as intracranial injury presented within 48 hrs of insult (traumatic and non-traumatic) and diagnosed by imaging of the brain (CT/MRI) which require decompression surgery.
3ASA 1-3
Exclusion Criteria
1Pre-existing anaemia with Hb concentration <10 g/dl.
2.Patients with coagulopathy with international normalised ratio (INR) >1.5.
3.Patients with history of severe cardiac, pulmonary, liver or renal disease, or obesity (body mass index >30) and pregnancy will be excluded from this study.
•Patients who are hemodynamically unstable.
•Head injuries associated with other organ/ tissue trauma
•Patients / relatives refusing to give consent.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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