Overview

Sevoflurane vs. Isoflurane for Low-Flow General Anaesthesia for Abdominal Surgery

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2007-11-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
Two groups of patients are going to have abdominal surgery with low-flow general anaesthesia. Group A (sevoflurane group, experimental group) will use volatile anaesthetic sevoflurane. Group B (isoflurane group, control group) will use volatile anaesthetic isoflurane. It will be observed differences between volatile anaesthetic sevoflurane and volatile anaesthetic isoflurane for providing low-flow general anaesthesia for abdominal surgery. Duration of this randomised controled trial will be approximately 2 months. Estimated sample size will be 82 persons (41 in sevoflurane group and 41 in isoflurane group).
Phase:
N/A
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
General Hospital Dubrovnik
Treatments:
Anesthetics
Isoflurane
Sevoflurane
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- Every patient who is older than 18 years and who volunteer for this randomised
controled trial and give written permission for participating in this study.

- Patients ASA I or ASA II.

- Only patients who need elective abdominal surgery (not urgent surgery).

- Patient body mass between 60 and 100 kg.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients younger than 18 years

- Patients ASA III and higher

- Patients who need urgent abdominal surgery

- Patients allergic to anaesthetics

- Pregnant women

- Patients with neuromuscular diseases; and

- Persons with epidural analgesia catheter.