Perioperative Factors Impacting Surgical Risk and Outcomes in Children

September 12, 2022 updated by: Vidya Raman, Nationwide Children's Hospital
This prospective study will measure various factors in children coming in for ambulatory surgery and attempt to create a scoring system that would be able to predict post-operative outcomes.

Study Overview

Study Type

Observational

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • Ohio
      • Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43205
        • Nationwide Children's Hospital

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

6 years to 18 years (Child, Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients undergoing ambulatory orthopedic surgery at Nationwide Children's Hospital.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Pediatric patients aged 6-18 years old having ambulatory orthopedic surgery with or without planned postoperative admission.
  • Patients need to be cooperative to under spirometry testing and reaction time measurement. If unable to perform, we will assess why they were not able (non-cooperative, inability, etc)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Spinal fusion

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
Orthopedic surgery
Pediatric patients presenting for ambulatory orthopedic procedures
Lung volumes will be measured using spirometry.
PVT-192 Psychomotor Vigilance Task Monitor is a hand-held, self-contained system used for repetitive reaction time measurement.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) length of stay
Time Frame: Immediately post-op
The investigators hypothesize that spirometry performance will be associated with reduced PACU length of stay
Immediately post-op

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

September 19, 2018

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2022

Study Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 12, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 12, 2018

First Posted (Actual)

February 19, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

September 14, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 12, 2022

Last Verified

September 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • IRB18-00068

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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