Accelerometry at the Neck: Comparison With m. Adductor Pollicis Stimulation

Kreiskrankenhaus Dormagen

Status: Completed

Conditions: Feasibility of Measurement of a Neuromuscular Block at the m. Trapezius

Treatments: Device: accelerometry m. trapezius and m. adductor pollicis

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01849198

NMMneck

Details and patient eligibility

About

Accelerometric Assessment of neuromuscular block during anaesthesia is routinely performed at the M. adductor pollicis. However, many operations require positioning of the patients with arms attached to the body. In these situations, the anaesthesiologist has no access to the m.adductor pollicis.

In this study, a new position of accelerometry at the neck is evaluated: Stimulation of the n. accessorius with accelerometry of the m. trapezius.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients undergoing general anaesthesia with endotracheal intubation
• weight 50-90 kg

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnancy
• allergy to one of the drugs used
• risk of pulmonary aspiration
• expected difficulties with endotracheal intubation
• intake of drugs known to influence neuromuscular block
• infection (CRP > 0,5 mg/dl, leukocyte count > 12000/µl)

Trial design

60 participants in 2 patient groups

Group trapezius

Other group

Description:

Assessment of intubation conditions after onset of the neuromuscular block at the m. trapezius

Treatment:

Device: accelerometry m. trapezius and m. adductor pollicis

group adductor pollicis

Other group

Description:

assessment of intubation conditions after onset of the neuromuscular block at the m. adductor pollicis

Treatment:

Device: accelerometry m. trapezius and m. adductor pollicis