Lithium Dilution Method in Guiding Fluid Therapy in Critically Ill Patients (LIGA)

ASQA a.s.

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Critical Illness

Treatments: Device: LiDCO technology

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT00626756

LIGA2008

LigaStudy

Details and patient eligibility

About

Hypothesis: Fluid management guided by LiDCO doesn´t increase cumulative fluid balance and shorten organ dysfunction compared to fluid management based on CVP and clinical judgment.

Enrollment: 15 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age
• Needs for fluid chalange
• Invasive ventilatory supportinvasive blood pressure monitoring
• Lidco monitoring
• Central venous catheter

Exclusion criteria

• DNR
• Need for CRRT
• Head injury

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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15 participants in 2 patient groups

LI

Experimental group

Description:

arm controled by LIDCO technology

Treatment:

Device: LiDCO technology

CA

No Intervention group

Description:

standard approach