Anesthesia-handover Checklist and Perioperative Outcomes in Elderly
NCT ID: NCT04377633
Last Updated: 2024-12-02
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
1421 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2020-07-16
2023-12-23
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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It is well recognized that the transfer-of-care is a point of vulnerability where valuable patient information can be distorted and omitted. A previous study of the investigators showed that handover of anesthesia care was associated with a higher risk of delirium in elderly patients after major noncardiac surgery. The World Health Organization has included communication during patient care handovers among its top 5 patient safety initiatives.
It is possible that an improved anesthesia-handover protocol may reduce the related adverse events. Many efforts have performed to optimize handover processes. However, handover quality between anesthesiologists has rarely been investigated. The investigators hypothesize that a well-designed, structured handover-checklist will improve handover quality and reduce the occurrence of postoperative complications.
Conditions
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Study Design
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NON_RANDOMIZED
SEQUENTIAL
PREVENTION
NONE
Study Groups
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Pre-intervention
Anesthesia handover during surgery will be performed as usual, i.e., a verbal exchange of pertinent clinical information.
Oral handover
Anesthesia handover during surgery will be performed as usual, i.e., oral exchange of pertinent clinical information.
Post-intervention
Anesthesia handover during surgery will be performed according to a structured checklist.
Checklist handover
Anesthesia handover during surgery will be performed according to a structured handover checklist.
Interventions
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Oral handover
Anesthesia handover during surgery will be performed as usual, i.e., oral exchange of pertinent clinical information.
Checklist handover
Anesthesia handover during surgery will be performed according to a structured handover checklist.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
2. Scheduled to undergo major non-cardiac surgery with an expected duration of at least 2 hours;
3. Requirement of complete handover between anesthesiologists during surgery (initial anesthesiologist no longer returns).
Exclusion Criteria
2. Inability to communicate before surgery (coma, profound dementia or language barrier);
3. Craniocerebral injury or neurosurgery;
4. Severe liver dysfunction (Child-Pugh grade C), severe renal dysfunction (requiring dialysis), or expected survival of \<24 hours.
65 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Peking University First Hospital
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Dong-Xin Wang
Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Principal Investigators
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Dong-Xin Wang, MD, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Peking University First Hospital
Locations
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Peking University First Hospital
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China
Countries
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References
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Other Identifiers
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2020-042
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id