Desflurane Versus Propofol in the Sitting Position

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2011-08-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The investigators hypothesized that both propofol and desflurane would decrease the regional oxygen saturation (rSO2) but propofol is likely to reduce rSO2 more than sevoflurane when patients are raised to the sitting position.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Gachon University Gil Medical Center
• Treatments: Alfentanil; Anesthetics; Desflurane; Isoflurane; Propofol; Rocuronium

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Forty patients,

• ASA class I or II,

• undergoing shoulder arthroscopy

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with history of cerebrovascular disease, coronary occlusive disease and/or obesity (body mass index > 30) were excluded from this study.