Heart Rate Variability in Pneumothorax

Rambam Health Care Campus

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Pneumothorax

Treatments: Procedure: for thoracoscopic ablation of cervical sympathetic chain

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03537417

RMB 144-18

Details and patient eligibility

About

Changes in heart rate variability in anesthetized, ventilated patients undergoing tension pneumothorax for thoracoscopic cervical sympathectomy

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 15 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age 15 - 50 years
• body mass index 25 - 45

Exclusion criteria

• heart rate other than sinus
• cardiac pacemaker status
• heart transplant

Trial design

20 participants in 1 patient group

Tension pneumothorax group

Description:

Patients undergoing intentional pneumothorax for thoracoscopic ablation of cervical sympathetic chain as a treatment for hyperhidrosis

Treatment:

Procedure: for thoracoscopic ablation of cervical sympathetic chain