Method for Improved Intraoperative Blood Loss Estimates (EBL)

Utah System of Higher Education (USHE)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Improved Intraoperative Blood Loss Estimates

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01634828

FP00002762

56181 (Registry Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to develop a mathematical algorithm which the investigators plan to use to more accurately estimate intraoperative blood loss.

Enrollment: 47 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 100 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

All elective surgical patients

Exclusion criteria

1. Age < 18
2. Pregnant women
3. Prisoners
4. Lack of informed consent
5. Attending Physician feels enrollment could interfere with optimal patient care
6. Patients who did not have a preoperative hemoglobin measured as part of their preoperative work-up
7. Patients whose preoperative hemoglobin fraction is abnormal.
8. Patients who will likely require an intraoperative blood transfusion.
9. Patients for whom the intraoperative use of the Cell Saver is anticipated.

Trial design

47 participants in 2 patient groups

Minimal blood loss patients

Moderate to heavy blood loss patients