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Effect of Thoracic Epidural Analgesia for Thoracotomy on the Occurrence of AF

NCT01718717 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2014-07-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Thoracic epidural anesthesia and analgesia for patients undergoing lung resection can reduce the occurrence of AF if it is continued for six postoperative days instead of just three.

Conditions

  • Posterolateral Thoracotomy
  • Lung Resection
  • Thoracic Epidural Analgesia
  • Sympathetic Outflow
  • Atrial Fibrillation

Interventions

OTHER

Thoracic Epidural Analgesia (TEA)

OTHER

TEA followed by Intravenous morphine

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Larissa University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Metaxia Bareka, Medicine · Larissa University Hospital

  • Marina Simaioforidou, Medicine · Larissa University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-12-31
Primary Completion
2016-01-31
Completion
2017-01-31

Countries

  • Greece

Study Locations

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