Does the administration of intravenous (IV) fluids intra-operatively reduce the incidence of post-operative nausea and vomiting in children undergoing day-surgery?

ISRCTN	ISRCTN89982548
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN89982548
Protocol serial number	N0205128954
Sponsor	Department of Health
Funder	Barts and The London NHS Trust (UK)

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Dr S Bhatia
Scientific

Anaesthetic Dept
Royal London Hospital
Whitechapel
London
E1 1BB
United Kingdom

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Scientific title
Study objectives	Does the administration of IV fluids intra-operatively reduce the incidence of post-operative nausea and vomiting in children undergoing day-surgery?
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Nausea and vomiting; surgery
Intervention	Randomised double blind controlled trial Group 1: Children will receive 20 ml/kg of IV compound sodium lactate solution intra-operatively Group 2: Children will receive no intravenous fluid intra-operatively
Intervention type	Procedure/Surgery
Primary outcome measure(s)	Incidence of nausea and vomiting
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Completion date	01/06/2007

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Child
Lower age limit	2 Years
Upper age limit	12 Years
Sex	All
Target sample size at registration	300
Key inclusion criteria	300 children between 2 and 12 years
Key exclusion criteria	Does not match inclusion criteria
Date of first enrolment	01/09/2003
Date of final enrolment	01/06/2007

Anaesthetic Dept

London
E1 1BB
United Kingdom

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
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