Variation of Cerebral Blood Flow in Anterior Cerebral and Basilar Artery in Neonates and Infants in Genreal Anesthesia With Caudal Block

Variation of Cerebral Blood Flow in Anterior Cerebral and Basilar Artery in Neonates and Infants - a Prospective Study During Planed Surgery of the Infra Umbilical Region in Combined Anaesthesia

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02761954

Enrollment

Registered

2016-05-04

Start date

2016-01-31

Completion date

2017-12-20

Last updated

2018-07-11

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Conditions

Pediatric Anesthesia

Keywords

regional anesthesia, caudal block

Brief summary

With this study we want to see how the blood flow in the anterior cerebral artery (ACA) and the basilar artery (BA) after the caudal block changes.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

No minimum to 12 Months

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* opened big fontanella * infraumbilical surgery

Exclusion criteria

* cardiac or cerebral disease * prior operation on vertebra, heart or head/brain * malforamtion of head or vertebra * closed fontanella * contraindication for caudal block (von-Willebrand-Syndrome, haemophilia,...)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
depression of blood flow in ACA & basilar artery after caudal block	one hour

Outcome results