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Hemodynamic Effects of Anesthesia Induction

Recruiting
Conditions
Patients Undergoing Anaesthesia Induction
Registration Number
NCT06421181
Lead Sponsor
Kliniken Essen-Mitte
Brief Summary

The idea of that project is to characterize the hemodynamic changes of a daily used clinical intervention (induction of anesthesia) in a highly controlled environment by two hemodynamic monitoring devices. The aim is an advanced hemodynamic profiling of this intervention and additionally screen for changes in flow patterns in an exploratory fashion.

Both devices complement one another in their hemodynamic profiling ability. One device is a continuous monitoring with instant traceable changes and the other an intermittent point-of-care ultrasound/echocardiography device with advanced possibilities for differential diagnostics.

A second purpose is to test the possibility to implement advanced echocardiography in a point-of-care approach during anaesthesia induction and evaluate the time and quality of a comprehensive analysis by a not-certified anaesthetists with an echocardiography device with features of artificial intelligence versus a certified expert.

Detailed Description

Mortality after surgery is still high and high-risk procedures are associated to high postoperative complication rates. For hemodynamic monitoring, a meta-analysis showed a reduction in mortality and especially for the esophageal Doppler a reduction in postoperative complications. However, the effects reducing mortality and morbidity have to be considered as low. Probably, this is the reason why daily clinical implementation rates of hemodynamic monitoring are low, too.

However, hemodynamic studies only focus on intraoperative optimization, but recent publications suggested that taking preoperative individual hemodynamic values for arterial blood pressure and cardiac index as targets for optimization provides advanced therapeutic options. Lastly, both studies do not provide data about the preoperative values and their changes during the induction of anesthesia.

Our own data confirm that the induction of anesthesia, the establishment of a working epidural and the surgical incision of the abdomen leads to decreased cardiac index and markers of inotropy in otherwise cardiovascular healthy patients. However, the intervention studies and our own data strongly suggest that starting hemodynamic monitoring after the induction of anesthesia or the surgical incision may foreclose that the clinician can guide the hemodynamic therapy towards individualized goals. Additionally, the corrective treatment in this scenario could be different from just vasopressors.

Nevertheless, in contrast to our own data a recent study showed that hypotension in the post-induction period is primarily associated with a decreased vascular tone due to anesthetic agents, suggesting that the appropriate treatment is vasopressors.

A detailed hemodynamic profiling of non-cardiac patients undergoing high-risk cancer surgery prior, during and after the induction of anaesthesia may provide new insights about the effects of anaesthetic drugs, positive pressure ventilation, and changes of sympathetic tone.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
30
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients undergoing elective laparotomy in the hospital Evangelische Kliniken Essen-Mitte
  • Due to the invasiveness of the planned surgery there is an indication for an arterial and central-venous line as well as an peridural catheter
Exclusion Criteria
  • Age < 18 years
  • Lack of written informed consent
  • Insufficient language skills
  • Unwillingness to have pseudonymized disease data stored at the study site and lack of consent to share anonymized data as part of the clinical trial
  • American society of anaesthesiologists physical status higher as grade 3
  • congestive heart failure with a grade of 2 or higher according to the New York heart association (NYHA)
  • Ischemic cardiopathy with a grade of 2 or higher according to the Canadian cardiovascular society (CCS)
  • Known severe valve pathologies of the heart
  • Chronic kidney disease with dependency of hemodialysis
  • Atrial fibrillation ora trail flutter
  • Pulmonary hypertension

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Longitudinal change of heart rate assessed in percentages during the induction of anaesthesiaTime from the start of anaesthesiological monitoring up to start of surgical measures, up to four hours

The heart rate will be monitored continuously to detect any change of it during the induction of anaesthesia. The change will be described in percentages.

Longitudinal change of arterial blood pressure assessed in percentaqes during the induction of anaesthesiaTime from the start of anaesthesiological monitoring up to start of surgical measures, up to four hours

The arterial blood pressures will be monitored continuously to detect any change of it during the induction of anaesthesia. The change will be described in percentages.

Longitudinal change of stroke volume assessed in percentaqes during the induction of anaesthesiaTime from the start of anaesthesiological monitoring up to start of surgical measures, up to four hours

The stroke volume will be monitored continuously to detect any change of it during the induction of anaesthesia. The change will be described in percentages.

Longitudinal change of myocardial strain imaging assessed by transthoracic echocardiography during the induction of anaesthesiaTime from the start of anaesthesiological monitoring up to start of surgical measures, up to four hours

The echocardiographic feature of strain imaging for the analysis of contractile performance of the myocardium will be monitored prior to induction and after induction of anaesthesia to detect any changes

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Baroreceptor sensitivity (BRS)Time from the start of anaesthesiological monitoring up to start of surgical measures, up to four hours

BRS will be determined to analyse the impact of drugs of anaesthesia induction on the vegetative nervous system. The assessment is based on invasive measurement of the arterial blood pressure in combination with the electrocardiogram

Changes of flow profiles of the splanchnic vessels as well as peripheral arteries determined by ultrasoundTime from the start of anaesthesiological monitoring up to start of surgical measures, up to four hours

The ultrasound features will be monitored prior to induction and after induction of anaesthesia to detect any changes

Changes in percentages in a comprehensive echocardiographic assessment of the right ventricle and atriumTime from the start of anaesthesiological monitoring up to start of surgical measures, up to four hours

The echocardiographic features will be monitored prior to induction and after induction of anaesthesia to detect any changes

Mean systemic filling pressure (MSFP)Time from the start of anaesthesiological monitoring up to start of surgical measures, up to four hours

The MSFP will be determined based on the stop-flow-methodology to determine additionally venous return characteristics

Changes of the left ventricular and atrial volume in percentages assessed by a transthoracic echocardiographyTime from the start of anaesthesiological monitoring up to start of surgical measures, up to four hours

The echocardiographic parameter will be monitored prior to induction and after induction of anaesthesia to detect any changes.

Changes of the left ventricular systolic and diastolic function in percentages assessed by a transthoracic echocardiographyTime from the start of anaesthesiological monitoring up to start of surgical measures, up to four hours

The echocardiographic features will be monitored prior to induction and after induction of anaesthesia to detect any changes

Changes in percentage of the cardiocirculatory flow in an advanced hemodynamic monitoring device based on a pulse-contour methodology in a continuous fashion during induction of anaesthesiaTime from the start of anaesthesiological monitoring up to start of surgical measures, up to four hours

The haemodynamic features will be monitored prior to the start of induction up to the end of induction of anaesthesia to detect any changes

Changes of function of the cardiac valves assessed by a transthoracic echocardiographyTime from the start of anaesthesiological monitoring up to start of surgical measures, up to four hours

The echocardiographic features will be monitored prior to induction and after induction of anaesthesia to detect any changes of the cardiac valve functions like increase of regurgitation

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Evangelische Kliniken Essen-Mitte

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Essen, NRW, Germany

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