Inhaled Sevofluran vs Endovenous Propofol for Colonoscopy

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2016-12-28
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

To compare the anesthetic efficacy of the inhalation versus intravenous technique for maintenance of sedation in patients undergoing endoscopy.

A longitudinal, randomized clinical study of 32 patients of both sexes ASA I-III, aged 18-80 years undergoing diagnostic colonoscopy, which was randomly divided into 2 groups. In both, intravenous induction with propofol (2-2.5 mg / kg) was performed, Group A remained sedated with propofol infusion (1-2 mg / kg / min); Group B by inhalation with sevoflurane at a concentration of 2 vol% through a nasal cannula with an oxygen flow.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Centro Medico Docente la Trinidad
• Treatments: Propofol; Sevoflurane

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age between 18 and 80 years

• physical status I, II and III according to the criteria of the American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA)

• patients who are going to undergo diagnostic colonoscopies

• patients who signed the informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Allergy or hypersensitivity to some of the reference drugs in the study

• patients with proven liver disease

• suspicion or confirmation of pregnancy

• antecedent or risk of malignant hyperthermia

• fasting less than 8 hours

• patients with psychic disorders or mental incapacity that make it difficult to understand their participation in the study

• patients who have acute illnesses that compromise their health for which the study cannot be performed