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The Effects of Intravenous Anesthetics and Inhaled Anesthetics on Patients' Postoperative Sleep

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Postoperative Sleep Quality
General Anesthesia
Sevoflurane
Dreaming
Propofol
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT04123249
Lead Sponsor
Yanchao Yang
Brief Summary

Adequate sleep is necessary for physical and mental health of human being. Although surgery and anesthesia techniques have improved in resent years, postoperative sleep disturbance remains a challenging problem in surgical procedures1. Postoperative sleep fragmentation and poor sleep quality can not only result in hyperalgesia and a delay in postoperative recovery2, lack of sleep after surgery can also bring many potential adverse effects such as cognitive disorders (such as delusions, delirium), chronic pain, mood disorders, metabolic disorders, and pro-inflammatory changes3-5. Previous studies have reported that age, preoperative comorbidity and severity of surgical trauma were independent factors that associated with postoperative sleep disturbance6,7. Our prior studies have also found that patients are more likely to experience decreased sleep quality after receiving general anesthesia, which was characterized by a decrease in each sleep stage8. Propofol and sevoflurane are commonly used general anesthetics in clinical practice. The choice of anesthetic may also affect the cognitive outcome after surgery, but the results of clinical studies have always been contradictory. Some studies report that the cognitive results after inhalation are worse than those after intravenous anesthesia. And the incidence of dreaming was significantly higher in the sevoflurane anesthesia group compared to the propofol group9-11. Another study conduct among infants proved that compared with propofol-remifentanil, sevoflurane appears to be associated with less sleep disturbances in the first weeks after surgery12. Based on these conflicts, the aim of the current study was to compare the effect of propofol vs sevoflurane on early postoperative sleep quality and complications of patients receiving laparoscopic surgery after general anesthesia.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
74
Inclusion Criteria

ASA : GradeⅠtoⅡ Laparoscopic surgery

Exclusion Criteria

history of sleep apnea; severe neuropsychiatric disorders; long-term use of sedatives or sleeping pills; can not implement multi-lead sleep monitoring and other sleep disorders

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Group PropofolPropofolIn the Group P, propofol 4-6 mg/kg/h and remifentanil 0.2μg/kg/min were infused by intravenous pump separately for assisted sedation and assisted analgesia.
Group SevofluraneSevofluranesevoflurane (concentration: 2%-3%, mixed with 50% air and 50% oxygen to keep the minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) at 1.0-1.1) was inhaled to maintain assisted sedation, and remifentanil 0.2 μg/kg/min was infused by intravenous pump for assisted analgesia.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
postoperative sleep quality of one night before surgeryone night after the surgery

Use sleep monitor to test the sleep quality one night before surgery

postoperative sleep quality of the first night after surgerythe first night after surgery

Use sleep monitor to test the sleep quality the first night after surgery

postoperative sleep quality of the third night after surgerythe third night after surgery

Use sleep monitor to test the sleep quality the third night after surgery

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Postoperative pain score24h after surgery

Use visual analog scale (VAS) score, where 0 means no pain and 10 means severe pain,to evaluate pain scores after surgery

postoperative adverse effect24 hours after surgery

record the adverse reactions such as respiratory depression, bradycardia, nausea, vomiting and dizziness within 24 hours after surgery

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Shengjing Hospital

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Shenyang, Liaoning, China

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