Does Fluid Replacement From Preoperative NPO Status Improve Postoperative Recovery

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Osteoarthritis

In brief

The investigators are testing the hypothesis that administering 2L of body temperature warmed lactated ringer's intravenously prior to surgery can optimize the postoperative and recovery of patients undergoing total hip and total knee arthroplasty.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02638623

Run by

West Virginia University

People needed

52

Starts

2015-10-01

Expected to finish

2016-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-11-20

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All patients >= 18 years of age, undergoing a total primary knee or hip arthroplasty

You may not qualify if…

• Patients weighing less than 80 kg.
• Patients undergoing irrigation and debridement, explantation, or revision will not be eligible.
• history of kidney disease, congestive heart failure, pulmonary edema, cirrhosis of the liver, or history of systemic fluid overloard will be excluded from the study.
• No one will be excluded based on gender, ethnicity or race.

Where it is running

• WVU Medicine Department of Orthopaedics — Morgantown, West Virginia, United States

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