Health Condition 1: null- neurosurgical patients Health Condition 2: G952- Other and unspecified cord compression
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Patients undergoing neurosurgical procedures in supine or supine with head up position. 2) Patients needing invasive arterial access during surgery.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Patients with impaired pulmonary gas exchange (baseline hypercarbia,hypoxia). 2) Patients with dependence on oxygen supplementation or CPAP. 3) Patients with bronchial asthma/COPD. 4) Patients with chest trauma/ chest drain in situ. 5) Operated pneumonectomy or lobectomy in past. 6) Patients with abdominal distension /pregnancy/ascites/any other cause affecting breathing. 7) Any contraindication for nitrous oxide. 8) Patients requiring frequent changes in ventilatory strategies.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To ascertain if PaCO2_EtCO2 gradient changes with varying FiO2 concentration.Timepoint: August 2017 | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| to find correlation between FiO2 % and PaCO2-EtCO2 gradient,if any.Timepoint: June 2017 | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
LTMMC,sion.Mumbai