Comparison of Three Methods of Hemoglobin Monitoring

University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Blood Loss

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00792597

10-00524

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to compare the hemoglobin results obtained with 1) the HemoCue™, 2) the Masimo SpHb™, and 3) the UCSF Clinical Laboratory. The goal is to determine if these three values differ from each other during various levels of blood loss in the clinical care of patients for spine revision and hip revision surgery.

Full description

See above

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Male or non-pregnant female 18 y/o or older
• American Society of Anesthesiology Classification 1, 2 or 3
• Scheduled to undergo spine or hip revision surgery

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnant or nursing
• Patients who in the study investigators clinical judgement would not be suitable for research.

Trial design

20 participants in 1 patient group

spine or hip surgery