Accelerometry at the Neck: Comparison With m. Adductor Pollicis Stimulation

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Feasibility of Measurement of a Neuromuscular Block at the m. Trapezius
• Interventions: Device: accelerometry m. trapezius and m. adductor pollicis

• Registration Number: NCT01849198
• Lead Sponsor: Kreiskrankenhaus Dormagen

Brief Summary

Accelerometric Assessment of neuromuscular block during anaesthesia is routinely performed at the M. adductor pollicis. However, many operations require positioning of the patients with arms attached to the body. In these situations, the anaesthesiologist has no access to the m.adductor pollicis.

In this study, a new position of accelerometry at the neck is evaluated: Stimulation of the n. accessorius with accelerometry of the m. trapezius.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-04
• Study First Submitted: 2013-04-29
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-05-07
• Study First Posted: 2013-05-08
• Primary Completion: 2015-12
• Study Completion: 2015-12
• Status Verified: 2016-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-09-05
• Last Update Posted: 2016-09-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients undergoing general anaesthesia with endotracheal intubation
• weight 50-90 kg

Exclusion Criteria

• Pregnancy
• allergy to one of the drugs used
• risk of pulmonary aspiration
• expected difficulties with endotracheal intubation
• intake of drugs known to influence neuromuscular block
• infection (CRP > 0,5 mg/dl, leukocyte count > 12000/µl)

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Group trapezius	accelerometry m. trapezius and m. adductor pollicis	Assessment of intubation conditions after onset of the neuromuscular block at the m. trapezius
group adductor pollicis	accelerometry m. trapezius and m. adductor pollicis	assessment of intubation conditions after onset of the neuromuscular block at the m. adductor pollicis

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Recovery to a train of four ratio of 0.9	60 minutes	Comparison between time to recovery \[s\] to a train of four ratio of 0.9 between both groups

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
onset of neuromuscular block	10 min	Comparison of onset time \[s\] between both groups. Onset time is defined as decrease of T1 to \< 5% of initial twitch height.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

KKH Dormagen; 🇩🇪 Dormagen, Germany