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Filter by:This project is looking to use virtual reality for minor general surgery procedures in addition to local anesthesia instead of general anesthesia.
General anesthesia (GA) is a state of loss of consciousness induced by anesthetic products. In a GA, two classes of products are usually used: on the one hand, hypnotics that are responsible for the sleep component (hypnosis) and memory loss (amnesia), and on the other hand opioids that have an analgesic role. The doses of hypnotic and morphine necessary to achieve this state of loss of consciousness and lack of response to painful stimulation vary from subject to subject, and during surgery depending on the intensity of the stimulus, requiring permanent adaptation to avoid overdose or underdosing, responsible for morbidity. Several monitors of the hypnotic component have been developed in recent years, which can now be used routinely, such as the Bispectral Index (BIS) or Spectral Entropy. However, there is currently no clinically validated technique for monitoring pain or the effect of opioids in the operating room. Spectral analysis of the electroencephalogram (EEG) revealed a significant decrease (-30%) in alpha spectral power, observed specifically in painful experimental conditions in healthy awake subjects. On the other hand, a painful experience is accompanied by transient changes in various parameters under vegetative control, whether cardiovascular, cutaneous or pupillary, essentially underpinned by the activation of the sympathetic system. The investigators hypothesize that a real-time dynamic analysis of the spectral power of EEG combined with that of cardiovascular vegetative parameters, cutaneous conductance and pupillary diameter is likely to be a marker of nociception under GA.
During a general anesthesia, people over 65 years old and hypertensive, have a modification of the vasoreactivity and their cerebral blood flow under vasoconstrictor such as norepinephrine or phenylephrine. We study the variation of the average velocity of the average cerebral artery under vasoconstrictor and during a modification of End Tidal CO2 (EtCO2) by transcranial Doppler.
Surgical plethysmography index (SPI) is a device that can noninvasively monitor the balance between the nociception and ant-nociception using pulse photoplethysmographic amplitude (PPGA) and heart rate obtained through an oxygen saturation measuring device. SPI has recently been studied as a useful tool to monitor the stress response of patients due to surgery or anesthesia and to guide the appropriate use of analgesics/anesthetics. However, these SPI devices have been developed for adults and have not been studied in pediatric patients with relatively high heart rates, and no direct effects on post-operative arousal excitability have been reported.
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether propofol can improve quality of recovery compared to desflurane in patients undergoing robotic or laparoscopic gastrectomy.
This study will evaluate the effect of intraoperative lidocaine infusion on postoperative orientation and concentration in elderly patients having general anesthesia for orthopedic surgeries requiring a minimum 2 days hospitalization. This study will also aim to determine whether intraoperative lidocaine infusion during general anesthesia improves recovery and patient outcome, as well as to determine whether lidocaine infusion decreases postoperative opioid (pain medication) usage.