Status:

COMPLETED

The Bupivacaine Dose Sparing Effect of Intrathecal Epinephrine

Lead Sponsor:

Seoul Medical Center

Conditions:

Spinal Anesthesia

Eligibility:

All Genders

40-80 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Intrathecal epinephrine has been known to increase the duration of spinal anesthesia, or increase the quality of anesthesia. However, there is still a controversy, and the mechanism of epinephrine is ...

Detailed Description

For patient undergoing total knee replacement arthroplasty, patients injected intrathecally with bupivacaine 8 mg were compared with those with bupivacaine 8 mg with 25 mcg of epinephrine, bupivacaine...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • patient undergoing total knee replacement arthroplasty

Exclusion

  • patient with cardiac or pulmonary disease (ASA class III or more)
  • patient undergone previous spine surgery
  • patient undergoing revised knee replacement

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 1 2010

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

July 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

75 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01261078

Start Date

December 1 2010

End Date

July 1 2011

Last Update

July 20 2011

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Seoul Medical Center

Seoul, South Korea, 135-740

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