Mild Pulmonary Function Changes With Transfusion

Completed

Conditions studied: Transfusion Reactions

In brief

The purpose of the study is to determine whether transfusion is associated with mild pulmonary changes.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00681954

Run by

University of California, San Francisco

People needed

92

Starts

2005-10-01

Expected to finish

2014-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-01-16

Who can join

Age: 16 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients, male or female, any race or ethnicity, age 16-75 years, undergoing elective posterior spine surgery at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) with expected sufficient blood loss to require intra-operative cell salvage and blood transfusion, who have donated blood for themselves preoperatively. -

You may not qualify if…

• Patients are excluded who are under 16 or over 75 year of age. Also excluded are those that have pulmonary disease, abnormal pulmonary function or gas exchange by history or physical examination, and pre-operative measurement of oxyhemoglobin saturation (percutaneous); any operative procedure within one week of study; active infection; cardiac failure.

Where it is running

• University of California San Francisco — San Francisco, California, United States

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