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Table 6 Laboratory tests performed within the IVC CLAMP Trial.

From: IVC CLAMP: infrahepatic inferior vena cava clamping during hepatectomy - a randomised controlled trial in an interdisciplinary setting

 

Parameters

Screening

Intervention

  

Follow up

 
  

Visit 1 (up to 30 days before surgery)

Visit 2 (after induction of anaesthesia prior to first incision)

Visit 2 (before resection)

Visit 2 (after resection, before end of surgery)

Visit 3 (POD 1)

Visit 4 + 5 (POD 3 + 7/day of discharge)

Ventilation

Arterial oxygen saturation

 

X

X

X

  
 

Arterial power of hydrogen. Arterial partial pressure of oxygen and carbon dioxide. Base excess.

 

X

X

X

  

Hematology

Small blood count (from whole blood).

X

X

X

X

X

X

Electrolyte metabolism

Sodium, potassium, calcium chloride.*

X

X

X

X

X

X

Kidney funtion

Creatinine, urea (from blood serum).

X

X

X

X

X

X

Liver damage/function

AST, ALT, gammaGT, Bilirubin (from blood serum).

X

X

X

X

X

X

Coagulation

Quick's time, INR, Fibrinogen, Antithrombin 3.

X

X

X

X

X

X

Infectious parameters

C-reactive protein (from blood serum).

X

   

X

X

  1. *Measures of electrolyte metabolism (sodium, potassium, calcium, chloride) are determied from blood serum at visit 1, 3, 4 and 5. Intraoperatively, these measures are determined from arterial blood gas analysis.