Skin Conductance as a means to predict hypotension following spinal anaesthesia

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12607000407493

Enrollment

Registered

2007-08-07

Start date

2006-08-11

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

Hypotension after spinal anaesthesia (SA) is common, especially in the elderly. It has been shown innprevious studies, that a high sympathetic tone correlates with a steeper drop in blood pressure after SA. AS skin conductance has been identified to correlate well with sympathetic tone, idea of this trial was to investigate a potential predictive value of skin conductance readings prio to SA for identification of patients likely to show hypotension after SA.

Interventions

Observation of the relationship between Skin Conductance prior to spinal anaesthesia and the severity of hypotension following spinal anaesthesia within a study period of 15 minutes after spinal anaesthesia

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

60 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Spinal anaesthesia

Exclusion criteria

Age < 60, peripheral neuropathy, drugs affecting sympathetic tone

Outcome results