Effects of Postoperative Residual Paralysis on Hospital Costs

Status unconfirmed

Conditions studied: Residual Paralysis, Post-Anesthesia

In brief

This is a secondary analysis of a previously performed prospective, observer-blinded, observational study at Massachusetts General Hospital. The primary aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of residual paralysis at admission to the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) on total costs of hospital care. Secondary analyses will be conducted to evaluate the effects of postoperative residual paralysis on potential cost-influencing factors, i.e. incidence of minor and major postoperative respiratory complications, hospital length of stay (LOS), unplanned intensive care unit (ICU) admission rate, as well as length of stay in the PACU.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01718860

Run by

Massachusetts General Hospital

People needed

3000

Starts

2011-04-01

Expected to finish

2017-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-05-04

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Each subject has been given non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents as part of general anesthesia.
• Each subject must be at least 18 years of age
• Train-of-four monitoring in the post-anesthesia care unit

You may not qualify if…

• The subject is scheduled to be transferred to an intensive care unit after surgery.
• Children and pregnant women

Where it is running

• Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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