Remifentanil and Fentanyl in Dental Surgery (REFEDS)

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2009-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study was a prospective comparative study. The purpose of this study was to investigate the hypothesis whether remifentanil compared to fentanyl can induce less inflammatory and stress response to the day-case dental surgery in Persons with special needs (PSN). Secondary aims were to investigate comparatively their effect on patients intraoperative hemodynamic response and postoperative analgesia.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Attikon Hospital
• Collaborator: Asklepieion Voulas General Hospital
• Treatments: Fentanyl; Remifentanil

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with cognitive impairment

• of category II according to the American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) classification

• scheduled for elective dental surgery with short duration

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients of more than category II of American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) classification

• Prolonged duration of surgery (>1 hour)