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Measurement of Serum Potassium Rate During Accidental Hypothermia.

NCT03096561 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 12

Last updated 2017-03-30

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Summary

Serum Potassium Rate (PR) is a key indicator for medical management of patients with accidental hypothermia particularly for hypothermia related cardiac arrest (CA).

Experts recommend a cut-off value for PR of 12 mmol/l for all hypothermic victims and 8 mmol/l for avalanche casualties. Any patient presenting a PR lower than the cut-off value should be considered for Extracorporeal Rewarming. This therapeutic strategy is vital for patient survival.

However, there is no consensus about what type of vessels should be punctured in order to obtain an accurate potassium rate and what type of measurement technics should be used to measure this potassium rate.

The investigators hypothesize that potassium rate in these patients will differ by 1 mmol/l in blood samples collected from a peripheral vein in contrast to a central vein.

The investigators study is a prospective observational, multicentre study.

Conditions

  • Accidental Hypothermia
  • Hyperkalemia
  • Cardiac Arrest

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

blood draw from three different vessels

Patient in cardiac-arrest and cold exposure, diagnostic test: blood draw from three different vessels (central vein, artery, peripheral vein) and measuring of PR

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Grenoble Alps

    collaborator OTHER

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois

    collaborator OTHER

  • Emergency Department, Hospital of Valais, Sion

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University Hospital, Grenoble

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-11-14
Primary Completion
2019-03-31
Completion
2019-07-31

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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