Recovery at the Post Anaesthetic Care Unit After Hip and Knee Arthroplasty

PACU Stay After THA Under Spinal Anaesthesia Clinical Trial

Official title:

Recovery at the Post Anaesthetic Care Unit After Fast-track Hip and Knee Arthroplasty

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01178489
• Other study ID #: H-1-2010-FSP
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: August 9, 2010
• Last updated: September 21, 2011
• Start date: August 2010
• Est. completion date: January 2011

Study information

• Verified date: September 2011
• Source: Hvidovre University Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Denmark: Ethics CommitteeDenmark: Danish Dataprotection Agency
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

To clarify patient related problems in the Post Anaesthetic Care Unit (PACU) immediately after fast-track hip and knee arthroplasty.

Description:

In this prospective, consecutive, observational cohort study we examine:

1. Patient related problems in the PACU after hip and knee arthroplasty simply to answer the question "Why in PACU?", using a modified version of the national guidelines for patient observation in PACU.

2. The time spent in PACU with the modified version of the national guidelines for patient observation in PACU.

3. If the modified version of the national guidelines for patient observation in PACU results in patient related problems in the ward afterwards.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 170
• Est. completion date: January 2011
• Est. primary completion date: January 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• primary, unilateral, total hip or knee arthroplasty by one of three surgeons using the same technique, and under spinal anaesthesia

Exclusion Criteria:

• Bilateral arthroplasty

• Revision arthroplasty

• General anaesthesia

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• PACU Stay After THA Under Spinal Anaesthesia
• PACU Stay After TKA Under Spinal Anaesthesia

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	Hvidovre University Hospital	Copenhagen	Hvidovre

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Hvidovre University Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Time to meet PACU discharge criteria		3 hours	No
Secondary	Actual discharge time from PACU		3 hours	No
Secondary	Clinical and logistic factors detaining patients in PACU		3 hours	No
Secondary	Potential complications at the surgical ward		24 hours	Yes