The Effects of Hyperventilation Prior to CO2 Insufflation During Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Clinical Trial

Official title: A Prospective Randomized Study of the Effects of Hyperventilation Prior to Carbon Dioxide Insufflation on Hemodynamic Changes During Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The investigators postulated that the use of hyperventilation after induction of anesthesia before CO2 insufflation for laparoscopic surgery in Trendelenburg position would maintain normocapnia and reduce the hemodynamic percussion response of CO2 insufflation.

Clinical Trial Description

The use of laparoscopic techniques has become common in clinical practice. Absorption of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the peritoneal cavity is the potential mechanism for hypercapnia and a rise in the end-tidal carbon dioxide (EtCO2). Mild hypercarbia causes sympathetic stimulation which results in a fivefold increase in arginine vasopressin (AVP), tachycardia, increased systemic vascular resistance, systemic arterial pressure, central venous pressure and cardiac output.1 Severe hypercarbia exerts a negative inotropic effect on the heart and reduces left ventricular function.2 Hemodynamic alterations occur only when the PaCO2 is increased by 30 per cent above the normal levels.

Clearance of CO2 is a function of the adequacy of alveolar ventilation with respect to pulmonary perfusion. Controlled hyperventilation has proved to be superior over spontaneous respiration or controlled normo-ventilation for maintaining normal PCO2 during laparoscopy. During pelvic laparoscopy there was a rapid rise of about 30% in the CO2 load eliminated by the lungs. This quickly reached a plateau and could be compensated by hyperventilation of the lungs with a 30% increase in minute ventilation.

Papadimitriou and co' workers concluded that under sevoflurane anesthesia MAC, prophylactic hyperventilation to ensure mild hypocapnia, (around 33 mmHg) limits the cerebral blood flow velocities enhancing effect of CO2 insufflation, compared with permissive hypercapnia (up to 45 mmHg), during gynecological laparoscopies. However, others advocated that hyperventilation and the head-up position before CO2 insufflation are not sufficient to prevent the CO2-mediated cerebral hemodynamic effects of low-pressure pneumoperitoneum (5-8 mmHg) in children, underwent laparoscopic fundoplication. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Hyperventilation
• Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

• NCT number: NCT01182545
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: King Faisal University
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1
• Start date: December 2008
• Completion date: September 2010