Variation of Cerebral Blood Flow in Anterior Cerebral and Basilar Artery in Neonates and Infants in Genreal Anesthesia With Caudal Block

Pediatric Anesthesia Clinical Trial

Official title:

Variation of Cerebral Blood Flow in Anterior Cerebral and Basilar Artery in Neonates and Infants - a Prospective Study During Planed Surgery of the Infra Umbilical Region in Combined Anaesthesia

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02761954
• Other study ID #: Kaudal Studie
• Status: Completed
• Start date: January 2016
• Est. completion date: December 20, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: July 2018
• Source: Bürgerhospital Frankfurt
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

With this study we want to see how the blood flow in the anterior cerebral artery (ACA) and the basilar artery (BA) after the caudal block changes.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 50
• Est. completion date: December 20, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: December 20, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A to 12 Months

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• opened big fontanella

• infraumbilical surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

• cardiac or cerebral disease

• prior operation on vertebra, heart or head/brain

• malforamtion of head or vertebra

• closed fontanella

• contraindication for caudal block (von-Willebrand-Syndrome, haemophilia,...)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Pediatric Anesthesia

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Bürgerhospital Frankfurt

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	depression of blood flow in ACA & basilar artery after caudal block		one hour