Effects of Epidural Local Anesthetics on Propofol Induction

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The investigators designed a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled study to determine whether thoracic epidural anesthesia(TEA) with different local anesthetics has different influences on the propofol dose during induction.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: First Hospital of China Medical University
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Anesthetics, Local; Bupivacaine; Lidocaine; Propofol; Ropivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Surgery for thoracotomies, BMI: 18-25 Kg/m2, American Society of Anesthesiologists(ASA) classification I or II.

Exclusion Criteria:

liver or kidney disease, alcohol dependence, take sedative recently, contraindications for epidural anesthesia.