Admission to the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) after surgery under general anesthesia.
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients who are at least 20 years of age at the time consent is obtained and who will be admitted to the SICU after surgery under general anesthesia. 2. Cases of observation arterial pressure measurement by radial artery. 3. Cases with consent for this study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: A) Cases with atrial fibrillation. B) Cases in which it is inappropriate to perform the observation arterial manometry in the radial artery. C) Patients with significant hemodynamic or neurologic impairment in the upper extremities. D) Patients with severe stenosis or occlusive lesions in cerebral vessels. E) Cases with contraindications to remifentanil, propofol, or rocuronium. F) Patients who are regularly using opioids. G) Cases in which prior consent has been withdrawn. H) Cases in which the anesthesiologist deems the patient unfit to perform this study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Correlation between MECK and remifentanil dosage | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Time required for remifentanil dosing rate to stabilize. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care