The Impact of Esmolol Administration on Postoperative Recovery

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2024-10-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The aim of this study will be to investigate the effect of a continuous infusion of low dose esmolol on intraoperative and postoperative opioid consumption, as well as on postoperative recovery and chronic pain

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Aretaieion University Hospital
• Treatments: Esmolol

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• adult patients

• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification I-II

• elective inguinal hernia repair

Exclusion Criteria:

• body mass index (BMI) >35 kg/m2

• β-blocker administration preoperatively

• systematic use of analgesic agents preoperatively

• chronic pain syndromes preoperatively

• neurological or psychiatric disease on treatment

• pregnancy

• severe hepatic or renal disease

• history of cardiovascular diseases/ arrhythmias/ conduction abnormalities

• hemodynamic instability

• drug or alcohol abuse

• language or communication barriers

• lack of informed consent

• bilateral inguinal hernia repair