BIS Monitoring of the Depth of Anaesthesia in Children

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2017-11-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

General anaesthesia (GA) is, according to many definitions, the greatest gift presented to the medical art (S. B. Nuland). One of the aims of GA is to achieve the optimal depth of anaesthesia and rapid emergence from general anaesthesia. In order to achieve this goal, it is necessary to observe the clinical condition of the patient, and at the same time monitor the patient's overall condition. With the currently available options of GA management (e.g. use of intravenous anaesthetics, strong analgesics and modern volatile anaesthetics, in combination with various methods of topical anaesthesia) the importance of methods measuring the depth of GA increases. The depth of GA may be defined as a continuous progressive decreasing of the central nervous system, together with a decreased reactivity to stimuli. In the course of GA, perioperative awareness is detected in 0.1-0.2% of cases. Awakening during a surgical procedure may result in significant psychological complications (e.g. post-traumatic stress disorder), and the patient may suffer from a serious long-time disorder.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital Ostrava
• Treatments: Anesthetics

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• appropriate age

• informed consent form signed by both parents (according to national legislation)

• need to undergo a procedure in general anaesthesia

• ASA I classification

Exclusion Criteria:

• non-signing of the informed consent form by both parents

• ASA classification higher than I