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Filter by:Patients undergoing high risk cardiac surgery (combined CABG and valvular procedures) will be randomized to receive a total intravenous anesthesia or an anesthesia plan with sevoflurane. The investigators want to document whether the cardioprotective properties of volatile agents could translate in an improved outcome after cardiac surgery in high risk patients.
We previously evidenced in both animal models and patients that a short duration ambulatory anesthesia impacts the circadian rest-activity biological rhythm, at least during the first 3 days. The light is the main, natural synchronisateur, of the biological cerebral clock, and is used as therapeutics in chronic disturbances of the circadian rest activity rhythm and of the sleep (Alzheimer disease for example). We would like to test for a simple and safe strategy to prevent such a long-lasting effect of anesthesia on biological clock:the increase of the light intensity at a still physiological level during the initial phase of recovery from anesthesia by using a particular artificial light of color spectrum similar to natural sun daylight.
Patients undergoing surgery of the hand often are treated with a nerve block in the shoulder/neck area that provides anesthesia/numbing during surgery. Nerve blocks usually last for a few hours after surgery and provide pain relief for this period. It may be possible to extend the duration of anesthesia by using a steroid, which has anti-inflammtory properties. This study will compare the duration of the nerve block when dexamethasone (steroid) is added to the anesthetic injected around the nerve.
Although data on cardioprotective effects (as profile of troponin I)of perioperative maintenance of normothermia during CABGs are already known, little is known about the effects of maintaining normothermia on clinical outcomes of patients submitted to coronary surgery. Being acute renal failure (ARF) and atrial fibrillation (AF) the two most frequent complications of this surgery, this study compare as primary end point the rate of postoperative ARF and AF in two group of patients, one actively warmed with Thermowrap and the control group receiving standard institutional care.
Oxytocin is normally administered following delivery in pregnant patients to reduce postpartum bleeding by increasing uterine tone. It is unclear whether the use of intravenous oxytocin alters coagulation in pregnant patients. The purpose of the in-vitro study is to assess the coagulation changes of oxytocin in blood samples from pregnant patients using thromboelastrography (TEG). TEG is a point-of-care device which measures the viscoelastic properties of clot formation, and can provide rapid and detailed information about coagulation changes. We aim to collect blood samples from pregnant patients to assess the in-vitro effects of synthetic oxytocin on coagulation using TEG.
Pharmacokinetic models for anesthetic agents are questionable. The objective of the study is to compare the propofol and remifentanil doses required to maintain the bispectral index in the range 40-60 in two groups of patients: obese patients and lean patients
To compare manual administration of propofol and remifentanil and dual closed-loop using bispectral index as the control variable during pediatric anesthesia
Unlike longer acting opiates (sufentanil), remifentanil may provoke postoperative hyperalgesia. We have developed two automated bispectral index - guided drug delivery systems: one for propofol administration, the other for combined propofol and remifentanil administration. Both systems achieve the same objective: similar level of anesthesia indicated by bispectral index levels between 40 to 60. We make the assumption that this method of automated remifentanil administration may avoid postoperative hyperalgesia. Patients scheduled for abdominal surgery will be divided into two groups: - in one group, patients will receive automatically delivered propofol and manually delivered sufentanil according to the usual criteria, - in the other group, patients will receive propofol and remifentanil both automatically administered. Assessment of postoperative hyperalgesia will be primarily based on morphine consumption (patient controlled analgesia) and detection of cutaneous hyperalgesia areas.
The purposes of this study are to evaluate the efficacy and safety of desflurane (BLM-240) as an anesthetic agent and to demonstrate the non-inferiority of desflurane to sevoflurane in term of awakening/recovery from anesthesia.
The current trial was designed to demonstrate faster recovery in participants undergoing elective surgeries requiring profound neuromuscular blockade induced by rocuronium to a fourth twitch/first twitch (T4/T1) ratio of 0.9, after reversal of a target depth of neuromuscular blockade (NMB) of 1-2 Post Tetanic Count (PTC) by 4.0 mg.kg-1 Sugammadex compared to Placebo, to evaluate the safety of 4.0 mg.kg-1 Sugammadex and to evaluate the Operating Room (OR) and Post Anesthetic Care Unit (PACU) length of stay for these participants.