Thoracic epidural anesthesia with ropivacaine: effects of age on neural blockade and cardiovascular parameters

Thoracic epidural anesthesia with ropivacaine: effects of age on neural blockade and cardiovascular parameters - Age effects in thoracic epidural anesthesia

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 4

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON33234

Enrollment

Registered

2009-07-06

Start date

2009-09-21

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-05-06

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Conditions

lokaal anestheticum gebruikt voor epidurale anesthesie lung cancer pneumothorax

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: male and female patients ASA I-III patients undergoing thoracic surgery under thoracic epidural anesthesia

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Diabetes mellitus Infection of the skin in the area of the epidural site A history of neurological diseases A history of bleeding diathesis Muscle diseases Hypersensitive to local anesthetics Pregnancy or lactation Participation in a trial on investigational drugs within 3 months prior to the study

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Neural blockade: Time to initial onset of analgesia at the T3-T4 dermatomes Time to initial onset of motor blockade Time until maximum cephalad spread of analgesia Time until maximum caudad spread of analgesia Highest level of analgesia Maximum numbers of segments blocked Maximum score of motor block (Bromage scale and ESSAM score) Cardiovascular: Left ventricle systolic function Left ventricle diastolic function right ventricle systolic function	—

Measure

Time frame

Neural blockade: Time to initial onset of analgesia at the T3-T4 dermatomes Time to initial onset of motor blockade Time until maximum cephalad spread of analgesia Time until maximum caudad spread of analgesia Highest level of analgesia Maximum numbers of segments blocked Maximum score of motor block (Bromage scale and ESSAM score) Cardiovascular: Left ventricle systolic function Left ventricle diastolic function right ventricle systolic function

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Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results