How Are Changing the Practices After the Introduction of the Pleth Variability Index? A Before/After Survey.

Université Catholique de Louvain

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fluid Management

Treatments: Device: PVI

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02271841

UCLouvain

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study evaluated the practice before and after the introduction of a particular model pulsoxymeter giving, in addition, information on the state of fluid responsiveness of the patient.

Full description

This study aims to qualify the capability of general anesthesiologist to adopt Pleth Variability Index (PVI) into their practice. It also seeks to establish whether the introduction of the PVI in the clinical practice is associated with a modification of the practice. In this scope, the intent is to see the impact of introduction of PVI monitoring on anesthesiologist practices, and to do this by comparing their survey response both before and after use of PVI in their surgeries, and to see how clinical practices for GDT and outcomes may have changed. To that end, the intent is to conduct this at sites with no current experience in use of PVI parameter, so that one can closely follow the change in clinician practice as PVI is adopted.

Enrollment: 88 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients over 18 years
• ASA 1 to 3

Exclusion criteria

• ASA 4

Trial design

88 participants in 2 patient groups

Before introduction of PVI

Description:

Physicians' practices

After introduction of PVI

Description:

Physicians' practices

Treatment:

Device: PVI