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Effect of tourniquet use on heart rhythm

Effect of tourniquet use on QT interval in total knee arthroplasty surgery

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT20221109056453N2
Enrollment
20
Registered
2025-01-11
Start date
2024-08-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-02-03

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Conditions

heart arrhythmia. Abnormal electrocardiogram [ECG] [EKG]

Interventions

Intervention group:.

Sponsors

Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Ahi Evran University Faculty of Medicine
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Society of Anaesthesiology (ASA) risk groups I-III total knee arthroplasty under spinal anaesthesia

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: bundle branch block in their preoperative ECG patients with arrhythmia , taking medications due to arrhythmia patients with pacemakers allergies to known drugs electrolyte disorders.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Investigate the QTI change during cardiac electrical conduction after tourniquet release in patients undergoing TKA surgery. Timepoint: ECG will be taken before spinal anesthesia is applied, 5 minutes after spinal anesthesia is applied, 5 minutes before the tourniquet is inflated, 5 minutes after inflation, 5 minutes before the tourniquet is deflation, and 5 minutes after deflation. Method of measurement: 12-lead ECG.

Countries

Turkey

Contacts

Public Contactgüzin ceran

Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Kirsehir Training and Research Hospital

gzncrn@hotmail.com+90 506 163 09 36

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026