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NCT Number: NCT03047148

Immediate Post-operative Recovery After Regional vs. General Anesthesia

Early post-anesthesia status of patients emerging from surgery encompasses vital respiratory and hemodynamic parameters as well as subjective signs of well-being such as absence of nausea, vomiting and a low pain level. This investigation intends to compare the rate of postoperative complications in the 2 groups from pair matched patient records after regional anesthesia with otherwise similar patients after general anesthesia.

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Key information

Conditions

Outcome

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

University Hospital Zurich, Institue of Anesthesiology

Zurich, Canton of Zurich, 8091, Switzerland

About this study

It is still unclear whether the immediate post-operative condition of patients after surgery and anesthesia is dependent on the basic anesthesia technique (General vs. regional anesthesia). The patients' post-anesthesia presentation encompasses vital respiratory and hemodynamic parameters as well as subjective signs of well-being such as absence of nausea, vomiting and a low pain level. By pair matching of patient records after regional anesthesia with otherwise similar patients after general anesthesia (control group), the rate of postoperative complications in the 2 groups will be compared. The results of this investigation will help to answer what is the difference in complication rates and wellbeing of patients depending on their previous anesthesia. The results of this study will Show which basic anesthesia technique has more or less early complications.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Records from regional anesthesia cases on adults which have quality control assessment data, plus the same number of matched pairs who had general anesthesia.

Exclusion criteria

  • Cases with incomplete quality control assessment data.

Treatment and study plan

Data mining from records

Other

The relevant data for this investigation is extracted from the patient records database as well as from the assessment results of the ongoing quality control process that were collected by the nursing staff of the postoperative recovery units.

Primary outcomes

  1. Postoperative complications during inhospital stay up to 30 days

    Time frame: 1 March to 30 November 2017

    Number participants who had one or more cardiovascular events up to discharge or 30 days

  2. Postoperative complications during inhospital stay up to 30 days (PONV) - Duration of pain (VAS > 3) episodes in hours; days up to discharge or max. 30 days

    Time frame: 1 March to 30 November 2017

    Number of PONV episodes up to discharge or max. 30 days Duration of PONV episodes in days; hours up to discharge or max. 30 days

  3. Postoperative complications during inhospital stay up to 30 days (pain)

    Time frame: 1 March to 30 November 2017

    Duration of pain (VAS > 3) episodes in hours; days up to discharge or max. 30 days

Secondary outcomes

  1. Length of hospital stay

    Time frame: 1 March to 30 November 2017

    Length of hospital stay in days up to discharge or max. 30 days

  2. Postoperative mortality

    Time frame: 1 March to 30 November 2017

    In-patient postoperative mortality (yes or no up to 30 days)

  3. Total in-hospital costs

    Time frame: 1 March to 30 November 2017

    Absolute amount per case in CHF according financial department report

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Zurich

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Immediate Post-operative Outcome After Regional vs. General Anesthesia

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Feb 8, 2017
Registry last updated
May 8, 2018

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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