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PErioperAtive CHildhood ObesitY

NCT03994419 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 8000

Last updated 2019-06-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The incidence of childhood obesity is at epidemic levels and increasing in the UK. Obese adults are considered a high-risk group of patients for general anaesthesia with published national guidelines on the best practice management. The proportion of children presenting for a procedure under general anaesthesia in the UK who are overweight or obese is currently unknown.

Obese children are perceived to be at greater risk of complications from general anaesthesia. Previous non-UK studies suggest they take longer to recover from anaesthesia, require more medications to combat nausea and vomiting and are at greater risk of complications that may threaten their airway and breathing.

This study involves reviewing the anaesthetic care record and patient notes to collect information relating to general anaesthesia and basic demographic data in children aged 2-16 years presenting for a procedure under general anaesthesia.

The aims of this study are to establish the prevalence of obesity in the paediatric surgical population (i.e. the proportion of children attending UK hospitals for procedures under general anaesthesia who are overweight or obese) and to ascertain whether obese children are at increased risk compared to their healthy weight counterparts.

This information will be used with the goal of reducing avoidable harm both at national and local level in the future.

Conditions

  • Pediatric Obesity
  • Obesity, Childhood
  • Overweight and Obesity
  • Perioperative/Postoperative Complications

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Anaesthesia for surgery

Observational study observing proportion of obese and overweight children attending for surgery. Observing adverse events following general anaesthesia for surgery in obese versus healthy weight children.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists of Great Britain & Ireland (APAGBI)

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University of Aberdeen

    collaborator OTHER

  • Paediatric Anaesthesia Trainee Research Network (PATRN)

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mark Edwards · University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust

Eligibility

Min Age
2 Years
Max Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-09-09
Primary Completion
2019-10-06
Completion
2019-10-06

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