Dreaming and EEG Changes During Anaesthesia Maintained With Propofol or Desflurane

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2008-07-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

We hypothesise that patients who receive propofol for maintenance of anaesthesia will report dreaming more often when they emerge from anaesthesia than patients who receive desflurane for maintenance of anaesthesia.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Melbourne Health
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Desflurane; Isoflurane; Propofol

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Male and female patients

• Age between 18 and 50 years

• Presenting for elective surgery under general anaesthesia

Exclusion Criteria:

• Inadequate English language comprehension

• Major drug abuse problem