Anesthesia-handover Checklist and Perioperative Outcomes in Elderly
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- Same as current
Summary
- Conditions
- Anesthesia; Adverse Effect
- Elderly Patients
- Major Surgery
- Postoperative Complications
- Prevention
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: Non-RandomizedIntervention Model: Sequential AssignmentMasking: None (Open Label)Primary Purpose: Prevention
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 65 years and 125 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
It was estimated that more than 9 million patients undergo surgery with a complete anesthesia handover each year worldwide. Verbal handover from one anesthesiologist to another during surgery are being used in many hospitals; and there is no unified patient handover guideline at present. It is well ...
It was estimated that more than 9 million patients undergo surgery with a complete anesthesia handover each year worldwide. Verbal handover from one anesthesiologist to another during surgery are being used in many hospitals; and there is no unified patient handover guideline at present. It is well recognized that the transfer-of-care is a point of vulnerability where valuable patient information can be distorted and omitted. A previous study of the investigators showed that handover of anesthesia care was associated with a higher risk of delirium in elderly patients after major noncardiac surgery. The World Health Organization has included communication during patient care handovers among its top 5 patient safety initiatives. It is possible that an improved anesthesia-handover protocol may reduce the related adverse events. Many efforts have performed to optimize handover processes. However, handover quality between anesthesiologists has rarely been investigated. The investigators hypothesize that a well-designed, structured handover-checklist will improve handover quality and reduce the occurrence of postoperative complications.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT04377633
- Collaborators
- Not Provided
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Dong-Xin Wang, MD, PhD Peking University First Hospital