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Anesthesia is essential to control pain and produce unconsciousness during surgery and other procedures during childhood. The anesthetic deepness is measured indirectly through changes in blood pressure and heart rate or can be inferred according to estimated or measured concentrations of anesthetics. In adults, anesthetic dosing, using patterns based on electroencephalogram (EEG) analysis, has shown clinical advantages compared to traditional monitoring. These advantages include lower consumption of hypnotics, less post-operative cognitive deterioration and decreased intraoperative awakening. The maturation of the brain and Central Nervous System (CNS) that occurs in childhood affects the response of anesthetics. Additionally, the EEG changes with age and its dominant frequency is lower in children. This explains why brain monitoring methods developed in adults do not work well in children. However, these patterns cannot be extrapolated to the pediatric population. Therefore, it is necessary to develop indexes based on EEG with pediatric data to improve the dosage of hypnotics in this population. The appearance of alpha wave in frontal EEG has been successfully used as a marker of unconsciousness during general anesthesia with GABAergic hypnotics in adults (sevoflurane, propofol). However, in children, the alpha wave appears since 4 months of age in anesthetics with sevoflurane, so studying the characterization of this wave during the loss and recovery of secondary consciousness anesthetic agents such as propofol has not been studied yet.
Burn injuries are a prevalent problem. Actually, in Chile the Ministry of Health has recorded 6435 hospital burns and has reported 569 deaths from this cause. The specific mortality rate for burning in Chile was 4.5 per 100,000 inhabitants per year. Survival in extensive burns has progressively improved, thanks to advances in understanding the pathophysiology of the burn and its more aggressive treatment. This requires effective prehospital treatment, transportation, resuscitation, support of vital functions and repair of the skin cover. Much of the procedures performed in large burns require general anesthesia. Being Total Intravenous Anesthesia (TIVA) with propofol an alternative that would have advantages over inhalational anesthesia, as a decrease in postoperative nausea and vomiting and produce less environmental pollution 3 and the antihyperalgesic effect of propofol. Within TIVA - Target Control Infusion (TCI) - uses infusion systems that incorporate PK-PD models for predict the dose of drug required to reach a certain concentration in the target organ. The formulation of a PK model that considers the variables of this group of patients, such as: degree of injury, inflammatory state and compromised body surface; associated with general variables such as: age, weight and nutrition, it would allow to reduce the predictive error in this population, thus improving the dosing of these patients when using TCI. Given the lack evidence on the PK-PD of propofol is this group of patients burned, has led to raise the development of this study that seeks to develop a PK-PD model that fits them.
During the induction period of general anesthesia, surgical patients are inevitably experienced a short period of apnea for endotracheal intubation or other airway manipulation. In order to minimize the risks of hypoxemia during the establishment of artificial airway, pure oxygen (FiO2=100%) is commonly applied to the patients throughout the preoxygenation and induction period. However, high concentration of oxygen therapy has been shown to result in hyperoxemia and substantial oxygen exposure during perioperative period or critical care. There is currently no clinical evidence indicating that preoxygenation with a lower oxygen partial pressure (such as FiO2=60%) during the induction of anesthesia increases the incidence of hypoxemia or other complications. The findings of this proposed clinical study may provide fundamental evidence for the use of different oxygen concentrations in clinical anesthesia during the induction period, and determine the effects of inspired oxygen concentrations on the general postoperative outcomes during general anesthesia.
Virtual reality has been used for acute pain management (burn patients) with positive results. Hypnosis has known beneficial effects on patients in the peri-operative setting. The investigators are combining both by giving a virtual reality hypnosis (VRH) session to the patients during a known painful post-operative moment. (physiotherapy) It is the investigator intention to compare pain after physiotherapy during the first 3 days after a total knee arthroplasty, between 2 groups. One group , the VR group gets standard treatment with VRH and the second, the sham group, gets standard treatment with a sham VR session.
Diagnostic and operative procedures of upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract are very common in all patients. Some procedures are difficult to tolerate because of long duration, prone position or significant stimulation of the upper airways. An example are endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and endoscopic pancreatic ultrasound. The procedures are generally performed with deep sedation. Many pharmacologic regimens are available and described in literature. The investigator's institute adopts propofol target controlled infusion (TCI), which usually guarantees unconsciousness and unresponsiveness of patients. The main adverse event is dose-related respiratory depression. Pre-existing reasons for hypoventilation can exacerbate this event, especially in the elderly and the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-patients. Laryngeal mask (LMA) is a useful tool to apply a pressure support ventilation. One specific type of LMA allows to separate the gastric and respiratory tract and, allows the anesthesiologist to support patient's ventilation as (and only if) necessary.
Neuraxial labor analgesia is performed by the administration of a local anesthetic/opioid mixture in the epidural space. The delivery method is a combination of continuous infusion, provider-administered boluses and patient-administered boluses (patient controlled epidural analgesia [PCEA]) via epidural catheter. Pain during the first stage of labor is primarily due to lower uterine segment and cervical stretching. The pain signals enter the spinal cord through sensory nerves at the T10 through L1 dermatomes. Pain signals from the late first state and second stage of labor also arise from the vagina and perineum. These signals travel with the pudendal nerve and enter the spinal cord at S2-S4. Thus, the anesthetic solution administered through the lumbar epidural catheter must spread cephalad in the epidural space to reach the T10 nerve roots and spinal cord, and must spread caudad to reach the caudal nerve roots in the epidural space. The optimal method for maintaining labor analgesia is unknown. Several studies have demonstrated that PIEB, in combination with PCEA, provide superior maintenance of labor analgesia (less need and longer time to provider intervention, lower local anesthetic consumption, less motor block, and improved patient satisfaction scores) than maintenance with a continuous infusion with PCEA.The mechanism for this difference is not known; however, one suggested mechanism is improved spread of the local anesthetic within the epidural space. Kaynar et al. injected methylene blue dye through a multi-orifice catheter using either a continuous infusion or intermittent bolus and the area of diffusion was measured on a piece of paper. The authors found that intermittent boluses were associated with a greater surface area of diffusion than continuous infusion. In a cadaver study, dye was injected into the lumbar epidural space, and cryomicrotome sections were taken.Dye flowed in rivulets through small channels in the epidural space, as opposed to moving as a unified front. The authors found dye injected at high pressures had more uniform spread through the epidural space, supporting the concept of intermittent epidural injection providing superior analgesia. Epidural infusion pumps capable of delivering PIEB of local anesthetic with PCEA have become commercially available and many studies have attempted to assess the optimal parameter settings (including volume of programmed bolus, bolus interval, rate of bolus administration) to provide superior labor analgesia. Recently we completed a double-blinded randomized control trial evaluating two bolus delivery rates, hypothesizing that those patients randomized to receive higher bolus delivery rates would have improved labor analgesia. However, no difference was found between groups.What is more, both groups had a mean cephalad sensory level to cold of T6. This sensory level is higher than the traditional goal of T10 (upper dermatome level of uterine innervation), but despite the adequate sensory level, a large number of patients required supplemental physician-delivered boluses of local anesthetic during labor. Forty percent of the women in the high-rate group and 36% of the low-rate group required a manual re-dose during labor. This suggests that either a higher volume, or higher concentration of local anesthetic (i.e., higher dose) is needed to maintain adequate labor analgesia. Traditionally higher concentration local anesthetic solutions have been associated with increased motor blockade leading to a higher incidence of instrumental vaginal delivery. Several local anesthetic solutions with varying drug concentrations are available for labor analgesia and are used clinically in the United States. We plan to perform a randomized, controlled, double-blind study to test the hypothesis that patients whose labor analgesia is maintained using PIEB with low-volume bolus (6.25 mL) of a higher local anesthetic concentration solution (0.1% bupivacaine with fentanyl 2.0 mcg/mL) will require less supplemental analgesia (manual provider re-doses) than patients whose PIEB is delivered with a high-volume bolus (10 mL) of lower density local anesthetic solution (0.0625% bupivacaine with fentanyl 2.0 mcg/mL). The aim of this study is to evaluate the association between bolus volume and concentration of local anesthetic during maintenance of labor analgesia with programmed intermittent epidural bolus (PIEB) analgesia. The hypothesis of this study is: patients whose labor analgesia is maintained using PIEB with low-volume bolus (6.25 mL) of higher local anesthetic concentration solution (0.1% bupivacaine with fentanyl 2.0 mcg/mL) will have a longer duration of adequate analgesia (time to first manual re-dose request) than patients whose PIEB is delivered with a high-volume bolus (10 mL) of lower concentration local anesthetic solution (0.0625% bupivacaine with fentanyl 2.0 mcg/mL).
The main objective of this study will be to determine if the dural puncture epidural (DPE) provides superior analgesia and better patient satisfaction when compared to traditional epidurals for cesarean sections, and to also determine if patient satisfaction in the DPE group is comparable to that of the CSE technique.
This study compares automated administration of propofol and remifentanil guided by the Bispectral index (BIS) versus manual administration for sedation after cardiac surgery.
Patients undergoing suspension laryngoscopy under general anaesthesia have oxygen delivered to their lungs through different methods. Inserting a tube in the trachea is the best means for oxygen delivery. However, it does not allow for optimal visibility of the operated area. Other techniques can be used but have disadvantages with some being associated with serious complications. No consensus exists regarding the best airway management technique for this intervention. The aim of the study is to investigate a new device that delivers oxygen at very high flow through a nasal cannula in patients undergoing suspension laryngoscopy under general anaesthesia. This technique allows the surgeon to have a perfect visualisation of the laryngeal structures while allowing the delivery of oxygen for the lungs. After informed consent, adult patients undergoing suspension laryngoscopy under general anaesthesia in two French hospitals will receive high flow oxygen throughout the procedure. At the end of surgery or, whenever applicable, at the time of technique failure (with a decrease in blood oxygen saturation to less than 92%), blood will be drawn for analysis. All patients will have a thin security catheter inserted in their trachea (the currently used technique in both participating hospitals), allowing for rescue high frequency ventilation if ever the study technique fails. The safety of the device will also be assessed by analysing the blood samples for signs of carbon dioxide accumulation and by collecting any intra or post-operative complications. If the device shows to be effective at maintaining blood oxygenation without significant associated risks, it could be used for other surgical situations where airway management is expected to be difficult.