Supplemental Oxygen in Colorectal Surgery: A Quality Improvement Project

Summary

Our primary objective is to develop a clinical pathway for care of patients having colorectal surgery at the Clinic. In particular, the investigators would like to determine what intraoperative concentration of oxygen is optimal in our patients.

Timeline

Start

2012-11

Primary completion

2016-11

Completion

2016-11

Publications

• Cohen B, Ahuja S, Schacham YN, Chelnick D, Mao G, Ali-Sakr Esa W, Maheshwari K, Sessler DI, Turan A. Intraoperative Hyperoxia Does Not Reduce Postoperative Pain: Subanalysis of an Alternating Cohort Trial. Anesth Analg. 2019 Jun;128(6):1160-1166. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004002.
• Cohen B, Ruetzler K, Kurz A, Leung S, Rivas E, Ezell J, Mao G, Sessler DI, Turan A. Intra-operative high inspired oxygen fraction does not increase the risk of postoperative respiratory complications: Alternating intervention clinical trial. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2019 May;36(5):320-326. doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000000980.
• Kurz A, Kopyeva T, Suliman I, Podolyak A, You J, Lewis B, Vlah C, Khatib R, Keebler A, Reigert R, Seuffert M, Muzie L, Drahuschak S, Gorgun E, Stocchi L, Turan A, Sessler DI. Supplemental oxygen and surgical-site infections: an alternating intervention controlled trial. Br J Anaesth. 2018 Jan;120(1):117-126. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2017.11.003. Epub 2017 Nov 23.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.