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Abdominal surgery commonly requires perioperative relaxation and therefore controlled mechanical ventilation. However, respiratory support can be associated with minor, yet clinically significant changes in blood gas content. The inadvertent hyperoxia (excessively high oxygen) and/or hypocapnia (excessively low carbon dioxide) can result in transient changes in cerebral blood flow and cognitive impair.


Clinical Trial Description

The moderate hyperventilation resulting in hypocapnia as well as hyperoxia are common features of mechanical ventilation during general anesthesia. While mild hyperventilation is routinely advocated in laparoscopic surgical interventions, increased FiO2 is set to reinforce safety of respiratory support. Hypocapnia may cause disturbances of cerebral blood flow due to narrowing of cerebral vessels and a decrease cerebral blood flow. Hypocapnia is particularly injurious to the brain in premature infants. Factors that may predispose the immature brain to such injury include poorly developed vascular supply to vulnerable areas, antioxidant depletion by excitatory amino acids, and the lipopolysaccharide and cytokine effects that potentiate destruction of white matter. Data from neonates clearly suggest that severe hypocapnia after hyperventilation contribute to adverse neurologic outcomes. The use of high concentrations of oxygen can lead to a number of events such as the formation of harmful free radicals and activation of lipid peroxidation, resulting in secondary brain injury due to hyperoxia, particularly after suffering anoxia of the brain in resuscitated victims of sudden cardiac arrest. It is recommended to use the fraction of oxygen to maintain saturation at the level of 94-98% when performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), due to the risk of reperfusion injury. These disturbances of gas exchange, yet transient can interfere in cerebral blood flow and therefore mental functions.

The primary aim of this study was the assessment of the impact of intraoperative gas exchange (hypocapnia, hyperoxia and their combinations) on the state of higher nervous activity ;


Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention


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NCT number NCT02267031
Study type Interventional
Source Northern State Medical University
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Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date October 2012
Completion date August 2016

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