TerminatedNot Applicable

The Impact of Routine Measurement of Cardiac Troponin (hsTnT) on Outcome in Elderly Patients Undergoing Major Surgery

Stopped: Not enough patient recruited

Belgium63 participantsStarted 2018-08-23

Plain-language summary

To document levels of cardiac troponin hsTnT in patients above 75y undergoing high risk surgery and the relationship between elevated levels and outcome in terms of hospital stay and 30 day mortality.

Who can participate

Age range75 Years – 100 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * All patients ≥75 y undergoing elective and major surgery till we have collected an entire dataset of 100 patients. * Only those patients will be included who are planned for elective and major surgery. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients under the age of 75 * Intraoperative mortality * Eye surgery * Cardiac or thoracic surgery * Patients undergoing surgery which is not withheld as major surgery * For patients undergoing multiple surgeries for the same indication and during the same hospitalization, only the first surgery will be included

What they're measuring

surgical mortality

Timeframe: 30 days

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03605134

SponsorUniversitair Ziekenhuis Brussel

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2019-08-07

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