Interaction Between Anaesthetics and Methylene Blue

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2007-04-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

We hypothesized that pre-treatment with methylene blue could potentiate the effects of general anaesthetic agents in patients undergoing parathyroidectomy

• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Geneva
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Methylene Blue; Propofol

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients undergoing parathyroidectomy or partial thyroidectomy

Exclusion Criteria:

• Psychiatric disorders

• Drug abuse

• Weight 20% more or less than ideal body weight