51
Participants
Start Date
January 31, 2013
Primary Completion Date
March 31, 2015
Study Completion Date
March 31, 2015
Remote ischaemic preconditioning (RIPC)
RIPC will be performed by 3 cycles of 5 minute leg ischaemia induced by inflation of a blood pressure cuff to 40 mmHg above the patient's systolic pressure. This protocol will be performed at two phases: 24 hours before surgery and during anaesthesia immediately prior to surgery.
Placebo
Royal Hospital for Sick Children - Yorkhill, Glasgow
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
OTHER