Clinical trials: Cardiac Surgery Recovery
Heart Defects, Congenital, Hyperglycemia
SPECS: Safe Pediatric Euglycemia in Cardiac Surgery
Critically ill children, including children undergoing heart surgery, commonly develop elevated blood glucose (also known as "blood sugar") levels during their illness, which can lead to poor health outcomes and an increased risk…
- Trial name
- SPECS (NCT00443599)
- Testing
- Insulin, Usual Care
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 989 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Heart Defects, Congenital
Effects of Perioperative Nesiritide or Milrinone Infusion on Recovery From Fontan Surgery
The staged surgical pathway to treat children with single ventricle heart defects culminates with the Fontan operation. In this procedure, systemic venous return is rerouted directly to the pulmonary arteries, which serves to…
- Trial name
- NCT00543309
- Testing
- nesiritide, milrinone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 106 people
- Sponsor
- John M Costello
Coronary Artery Disease, Coronary Artery Bypass
Impact of Fluid Restriction Policy in Reducing the Use of Red Cells in Cardiac Surgery
The investigators' hypothesis is that restriction of circulating fluids in comparison to a liberal fluid administration policy would lead to a reduction of allogenic red blood cells exposure in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary…
- Conditions
- Coronary Artery Disease, Coronary Artery Bypass, Erythrocyte Transfusion
- Trial name
- NCT00600704
- Testing
- Fluid Restriction Policy, Free fluid infusion
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 192 people
- Sponsor
- Larissa University Hospital