Proposal of a Score to Detect the Need for Postoperative Intensive Care Unit Admission After Bariatric Surgery

The purpose of this study is to propose a multi-dimensional score to predict those patients undergoing bariatric surgeries who will be in need for postoperative ICU admission.

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Key information

Conditions

Bariatric Surgery Procedures Body Weight Nutrition Disorders Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases Obesity Obesity, Morbid Overnutrition Overweight Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

20 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University

Cairo, Egypt

About this study

A multi-dimensional score of 7 risk factors was proposed which may help in identifying morbidly obese patients undergoing bariatric surgeries who will need admission to a critical care unit postoperatively for follow up.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

patients who have been operated upon for either laparoscopic gastric sleeve or laparoscopic gastric bypass during the period from January to June 2016.

Exclusion criteria

Patients were excluded in case of postoperative surgical complications, conversion to open surgery or in case of redo.

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

Creation of a multi-dimensional score for the need of post-bariatric surgery ICU admission

Time frame: Through study completion, an average of six months.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Ain Shams University

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2016
Primary completion: 2016
Study completion: 2016
First posted: Nov 29, 2016
Registry last updated: Jul 29, 2019

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