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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 13 January 2015
Main ID:  ISRCTN11799696
Date of registration: 18/05/2001
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Medical Research Council (MRC) (UK)
Public title: The effect of intraoperative fluid status optimisation guided by oesophageal doppler monitoring on outcome of patients following urgent or emergency laparotomy
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Date of first enrolment: 01/05/1999
Target sample size: 30
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN11799696
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Randomised controlled trial (Not Specified)  
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Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Contacts
Name: John    Kinsella
Address:  Department of Anaesthesia Glasgow Royal Infirmary University of Glasgow 8-16 Alexandra Parade G4 0SF Glasgow United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0)141 211 4625
Email: j.kinsella@clinmed.gla.ac.uk
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Not provided at time of registration.
Exclusion criteria: Not provided at time of registration.

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Gender: Not Specified
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Fluid status in emergency laparotomy
Signs and Symptoms
Emergency laparotomy
Intervention(s)
In the intervention group pulse pressure variation measurements were used to guide fluid boluses of 6% Hydroxyethylstarch 130/0.4
Primary Outcome(s)
Serum urea, creatinine and cystatin C levels were measured prior to and at the end of surgery and postoperatively on day 1, day 3 and day 5.
Secondary Outcome(s)
Not provided at time of registration.
Secondary ID(s)
G0100043
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Medical Research Council (MRC) (UK)
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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