Surgical Pleth Index- Relevance in Small Children

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2015-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Surgical Pleth index is a novel device aimed for measurement of intraoperative nosiseption. It has not been tested on small children. The aim of this study is to measure, whether there is a difference in nosiception measured by SPI in a group receiving local anesthetics prior to operation compared to group receiving plasebo.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Tampere University Hospital
• Treatments: Levobupivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• age 0-2 years

• Elective surgery planned for inguinal hernia, or testicle retention

• Written informed consent from parent received

• ASA I-III

Exclusion Criteria:

• Exstrasystolias, known cardiac problem, medication affecting rhytm, allergy to drugs used