Local Assessment of Ventilatory Management During General Anesthesia for Surgery
NCT ID: NCT01601223
Last Updated: 2015-10-14
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
10690 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2013-01-31
2013-11-30
Brief Summary
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1. To characterize mechanical ventilation practices during general anesthesia for surgery
2. To assess the dependence of intra-operative and post-operative pulmonary complications on intra-operative Mechanical Ventilation (MV) settings
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Detailed Description
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* What MV-settings are used during general anesthesia for surgery?
* Do MV-settings vary in and/or between centers?
* Do MV-settings vary internationally?
* Are MV-settings associated with incidence of intra-operative pulmonary complications?
* Are MV-settings associated with incidence of post-operative pulmonary complications?
Conditions
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Study Design
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COHORT
PROSPECTIVE
Study Groups
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Surgical mechanically-ventilated
Surgical patients undergoing invasive mechanical ventilation for general anesthesia
No interventions assigned to this group
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* All surgical procedures requiring invasive mechanical ventilation (MV)during general anesthesia for laparoscopic or non-laparoscopic surgery.
* This includes MV performed with supra-glottic devices (e.g. laryngeal mask)
* This includes patients receiving MV at the onset of the procedure (e.g. Intensive Care Unit patients)
* This includes patients who will receive one-lung ventilation during the procedure
Exclusion Criteria
* Surgical procedures outside the operating room
* Surgical procedures involving extra-corporal circulation
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)
OTHER
European Society of Anaesthesiology
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Schultz Marcus, MD
Role: STUDY_CHAIR
AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sabrine Hemmes, MD
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Locations
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University of Colorado School of Medicine/University of Colorado Hospital
Aurora, Colorado, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, United States
North Estonia Medical Center
Tallinn, , Estonia
Tartu University Hospital
Tartu, , Estonia
University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden University of Technonology, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Therapy
Dresden, , Germany
Duesseldorf University Hospital
Düsseldorf, , Germany
Diakoniekrankenhaus Friederikenstift
Hanover, , Germany
Ospedale San Martino, Dipartimento di scienze chirurgiche e diagnostiche integrate
Genoa, , Italy
Ospedale San Raffaele
Milan, , Italy
Vilnius University Hospital - Institute of Oncology
Vilnius, , Lithuania
Vilnius University Hospital - Santariskiu Clinics
Vilnius, , Lithuania
Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, , Netherlands
VU University Medical Center
Amsterdam, , Netherlands
MC Haaglanden
The Hague, , Netherlands
Haukeland University Hospital
Bergen, , Norway
Førde Central Hospital /Førde Sentral Sykehus
Førde, , Norway
Institute of Oncology Ljubljana
Ljubljana, , Slovenia
University Medicine Centre Ljubljana
Ljubljana, , Slovenia
Countries
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References
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