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Thoracic epidural anesthesia with ropivacaine: effects of age on neural blockade and cardiovascular parameters

Phase 4
Completed
Conditions
lokaal anestheticum gebruikt voor epidurale anesthesie
lung cancer
pneumothorax
Registration Number
NL-OMON33234
Lead Sponsor
eids Universitair Medisch Centrum
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
75
Inclusion Criteria

male and female patients
ASA I-III
patients undergoing thoracic surgery under thoracic epidural anesthesia

Exclusion Criteria

Diabetes mellitus
Infection of the skin in the area of the epidural site
A history of neurological diseases
A history of bleeding diathesis
Muscle diseases
Hypersensitive to local anesthetics
Pregnancy or lactation
Participation in a trial on investigational drugs within 3 months prior to the study

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>Neural blockade:<br /><br><br /><br>Time to initial onset of analgesia at the T3-T4 dermatomes<br /><br>Time to initial onset of motor blockade<br /><br>Time until maximum cephalad spread of analgesia<br /><br>Time until maximum caudad spread of analgesia<br /><br>Highest level of analgesia<br /><br>Maximum numbers of segments blocked<br /><br>Maximum score of motor block (Bromage scale and ESSAM score)<br /><br><br /><br>Cardiovascular:<br /><br><br /><br>Left ventricle systolic function<br /><br>Left ventricle diastolic function<br /><br>right ventricle systolic function</p><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>not applicable</p><br>
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