WARD Surgical Randomized Clinical Trial (RCT)

Study design:

Randomized Clinical Trial

Sample size: 

400 participants

Study Sites

Rigshospitalet, Bispebjerg Hospital, Odense University Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital.

Inclusion criteria

Adult patients (from 18 years of age) undergoing major abdominal-, orthopedic-, urological- or vascular surgery.

Study Procedures

Camilla Lundgreen Duus, MD Included patients were monitored with WARD equipment after surgery, applied in the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) and up to 5 days postoperatively while hospitalized. 200 patients are randomized to receive standard treatment in the hospital ward (control group), where WARD study-data are blinded to the healthcare professionals (nurses etc.) treating the patient. The remaining 200 patients (case group) will have real-time continuous vital parameter data transferred to an alarm-generating App (WARD CSS) in case of vital parameter deviations, that the nurse responsible for the patient can access through a provided WARD smartphone.