Clinical trial
The Impact of Obesity on Postoperative Outcomes Following Cardiac Surgery
Active, not recruiting · Not applicable · 1 countries · Registry ID NCT03248921
Active, not recruitingNot applicableObservational
What this study is about
The purpose of this study is to identify measures of obesity, functional capacity, and specific biomarkers that may be predictive of obesity and post-operative outcomes.
A promising-looking record is not the same as confirmed eligibility. The study team must review the full criteria and current recruitment status.
Basic eligibility
Age18 Years to 75 Years
SexAll
Healthy volunteersNot accepted
ConditionObesity, Cardiac Disease, Cardiovascular Syndromes, Metabolic
Full registry criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * · Provide informed consent * Male or female patients who are \> 18 years of age * Patients must be scheduled to undergo elective, first-time cardiac surgery during routine scheduling times Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who are \> 75 years of age * BMI is less than 18.5 kg/m2 and classified as underweight according to the World Health Organization * Any non-elective first time cardiac surgery patient (eg. in-house urgent patients; emergent patients) * Any cardiac patients to undergo re-operation * Simultaneous participation in another study with an investigational study agent
Treatments and study arms
cardiac surgery
Procedure
cardiac surgery including non-emergency, elective coronary artery bypass grafting surgery with or without valve surgery, aortic or mitral valve surgery
Primary outcomes
Prolonged Hospitalizationpost-operative day (POD) 30
A length of stay of more than 5 days
Prolonged ventilation > 24 hourspost-operative day (POD) 30
mechanical ventilation for more than 24 hours of invasive (via endotracheal tube or tracheostomy) and/or noninvasive (facial/nasal interface) methods of delivery
Study locations
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Saint John Regional Hospital🇨🇦 Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada