Evaluation of Postoperative Blood Pressure Changes After Benign Gynecologic Surgery

University of Rochester

Status: Completed

Conditions: Urogynecology

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00757484

25003

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to establish normal postoperative changes in blood pressure in women undergoing scheduled gynecologic surgery requiring inpatient postoperative care. Also, to establish if there is a difference in normal postoperative blood pressure changes between elderly and non-elderly women undergoing scheduled gynecologic surgery requiring inpatient postoperative care.

Enrollment: 528 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Women who underwent scheduled gynecologic surgery requiring inpatient postoperative care between January 2007 - January 2008

Exclusion criteria

• Women who experienced myocardial infarction, cardiac arrest or failure, pulmonary embolism, infection requiring intravenous antibiotics, intra- or postoperative hemorrhage requiring blood transfusion, renal failure