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The Effects of General Anesthesia on Microcirculation of Central and Peripheral Soft Tissue: a Comparison of Inhalational and Intravenous Anesthetics

The Effects of General Anesthesia on Microcirculation of Central and Peripheral Soft Tissue: a Comparison of Inhalational and Intravenous Anesthetics

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02530632
Enrollment
100
Registered
2015-08-21
Start date
2015-08-31
Completion date
2016-09-30
Last updated
2016-04-13

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Inhalation and Intravenous Anesthesia, Microcirculatory Effects of Anesthesia

Keywords

microperfusion, temperature, near-infrared spectroscopy, anesthesia, total intravenous anaesthesia

Brief summary

Effects of different general anesthetics on peripheral microcirculation.

Detailed description

Human keep body temperature in a narrow range by a variety of regulatory mechanism. Peripheral thermal receptors send signals to central nervous system which regulate body temperature via peripheral effectors, such as vasoconstriction, vasodilatation, shivering, sweating and etc. In patients undergoing general anesthesia, the regulatory mechanism is altered. General anesthesia changes blood distribution in the body, the metabolic rate of muscle, threshold of thermal regulation in the brain and etc, so that heat distribution and microcirculation condition will also change. In this study, near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is used to measure the microcirculatory condition. NIRS is a non-invasive continuous measurement to detect tissue saturation with the method of different wavelength of near-infrared. General anesthesia with inhalational sevoflurane and intravenous propofol is separated into 2 groups. Because of different mechanism of general anesthesia of these 2 anesthetics, different physiologic response may occur. Body temperature and somatic saturation are compared in each group.

Interventions

DRUGPropofol

General anesthesia maintained with intravenous propofol infusion

DRUGSevoflurane

General anesthesia maintained with inhalational sevoflurane

Induce routine of general anesthesia, including propofol 1-3mg/kg, fentanyl 1-3mcg/kg, cisatracurium 0.2-0.3mg/kg.

Sponsors

National Taiwan University Hospital
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
20 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. Breast surgeries under general anesthesia 2. BMI 18.5\ 30

Exclusion criteria

1. Cardiac disease 2. Lung disease 3. Renal disease 4. Neurological disease 5. Autonomic nervous system dysfunction

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Somatic saturationduring surgery, approximately 2-4 hrChange of somatic saturation measured by NIRS

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Body temperatureduring surgery, approximately 2-4 hrNasal and peripheral temperature

Countries

Taiwan

Contacts

Primary ContactCheng-Han Yen
ozone0924@gmail.com+886972653387
Backup ContactCheng-Han Yen
+886972653387

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026