Effect of Intraoperative Fluid Management on Morbidity

University Hospital Muenster

Status: Completed

Conditions: Epidural Anesthesia

Treatments: Procedure: fluid management

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00156338

02-Anast-05

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether intraoperative fluid and sodium restriction decreases postoperative morbidity

Enrollment: 108 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• epidural anesthesia
• ASA I-III

Exclusion criteria

• metastasized cancer
• pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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108 participants in 3 patient groups

1

Experimental group

Description:

volume and sodium restriction

Treatment:

Procedure: fluid management

Procedure: fluid management

Procedure: fluid management

2

Active Comparator group

Description:

volume restriction

Treatment:

Procedure: fluid management

Procedure: fluid management

Procedure: fluid management

3

Active Comparator group

Description:

liberal fluid management

Treatment:

Procedure: fluid management

Procedure: fluid management

Procedure: fluid management