anesthetized children
Conditions
Interventions
N2O group. Anesthesia is induced using slowly-incremental doses of sevoflurane up to 5% in a gas mixture of nitrous oxide 4 l/min + oxygen 2 l/min. Once the complete loss of consciousness is obtained,
Sponsors
Tokyo Women's Medical University Yachiyo Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Subjects whose ages are equal to or older than 2 years old and younger than 7 years old. 2) Subjects who are planned to undergo minor surface surgery under general anesthesia such as inguinal hernia repair, orchidopexy, resection of fistula auris congenita, nevus resection, and laser diathermy of nevus pigmentosus 3) Subjects who do not suffer any systemic disease such as cardiovascular, respiratory, endocrine or metabolic diseases. 4) Subjects (the guardians) who give written informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Subjects who undergo emergency or sub-emergency surgery. 2) Subjects who suffer acute illnesses such as infectious diseases even after the approval from the guardians
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Variables obtained by the frequency-domain analysis of the heart rate variablity; the power of low frequency component (0.04 - 0.15 Hz, LF), the power of high frequency component (0.15 - 0.5 Hz, HF), and the ratio LF/HF | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| mean blood pressure, heart rate | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactJiro Sato
Tokyo Women's Medical University, Yachiyo Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology
Outcome results
None listed