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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN68690518
ISRCTN68690518
Completed
Not Applicable

Bispectral index guided induction of general anaesthesia in patients scheduled for major abdominal surgery: single-centre double blinded crossover randomised controlled trial of propofol versus etomidate

niversity Medical Centre Maribor (Slovenia)0 sites40 target enrollmentMarch 1, 2011

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
niversity Medical Centre Maribor (Slovenia)
Enrollment
40
Status
Completed
Last Updated
11 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
March 1, 2011
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
11 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
niversity Medical Centre Maribor (Slovenia)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Aged over 40 years, either sex
  • 2\. American Society of Anasthesiologists (ASA) grade III
  • 3\. Scheduled for major abdominal surgery (large bowel resection, stomach resection, liver resection, Whipple resection)
  • All patients will get an epidural catheter in the lower half of the thoracic spine.

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Alcohol\-abuse
  • 2\. Drug abuse
  • 3\. Chronic use of benzodiazepines, opioides or other psychotrophic substances
  • 4\. Body mass index greater than 30
  • 5\. Anticipated difficult intubation (Mallampati 3 and 4\)
  • 6\. Kidney disease (serum kreatinin greater than 120 mmol/l)
  • 7\. Manifest liver disease
  • 8\. Alzheimer disease
  • 9\. Epilepsy
  • 10\. Left ventricle ejection fraction less than 30%

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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