Measures to Lower the Stress Response in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2013-12-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Cardiac surgery induces a measurable stress response in patients which leads to increased
morbidity and mortality post-operatively. Through clinical observation, anesthesiologists
have determined that varying the combinations of anesthesia drugs used during surgery and
just after reduces the stress response, and by extension, morbidity and mortality. However,
only a few studies have explored this phenomenon scientifically.