The Effects of Using Pathological- Based Guidelines for Arterial Blood Gas Analysis in Patients Aftercardiac Surgery

Mahidol University140 enrolled

Overview

Blood gas analysis were routinely monitor every 4 hours in our surgical cardiac intensive care unit (SICU). These luxury investigations waste the resources. Therefore we develop a pathological- based guideline for arterial blood gas analysis in patients after cardiac surgery. We test the guideline for its safety and efficacy.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

140

Conditions

Blood Gas Analysis

Interventions

ControlOTHER

The patient's ABGs were test according to a 4 - hour routine

GuidelineOTHER

The patient's ABGs were test according to the guideline for requests Arterial Blood Gas status post cardiac surgery

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patient undergone elective cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass Exclusion Criteria: * Emergency surgery

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Number of ABG test

during intensive care stay

Time frame: 14 days

Secondary Outcomes

Influence of ABG testing on patients' outcome.

during intensive care stay

Time frame: 14 days

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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