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Anesthesia for Retinopathy of Prematurity

NCT01955135 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2013-10-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Premature infants experience more respiratory problems after surgical procedures. The investigators aimed to compare general anesthesia with sedation on the need for post-operative mechanical ventilation in infants undergoing retinopathy of prematurity surgery.

Conditions

  • Retinopathy

Interventions

DRUG

Ketamine

1mg/kg bolus intravenous, 0.25mg/kg/hour intravenous for maintenance of sedation

DRUG

Sevoflurane

anesthesia was induced using 8% sevoflurane by inhalation with 50% nitrous oxide in oxygen; Anesthesia was maintained with sevoflurane (2%) and 50% nitrous oxide in oxygen

DRUG

propofol

1 mg/kg propofol as a bolus for induction. The patients then received an infusion of 100-150 mcg/kg/min propofol

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • TC Erciyes University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • AYŞE ÜLGEY, MD · TC Erciyes University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
32 Weeks
Max Age
40 Weeks
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-09-30
Primary Completion
2012-12-31
Completion
2013-03-31

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