Hypnosis vs Midazolam for Sedation for TEE

Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Clinical Indications for Transesophageal Echocardiography

Treatments: Other: hypnotherapy; Drug: Midazolam

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01749475

HYPTEE

Details and patient eligibility

About

Most of the reports on hypnosis in the literature have focused on pain control during minor operations. With this study we aimed to evaluate the role of hypnosis on sedation for transesophageal echocardiography and compare it with commonly used sedative midazolam.

Enrollment: 98 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• indications for TEE
• American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) physical status I-III

Exclusion criteria

• mental illness,
• psychotropic medication use,
• hypersensitivity to drugs
• a body mass index over 30.

Trial design

98 participants in 2 patient groups

midazolam

Treatment:

Drug: Midazolam

hypnosis

Treatment:

Other: hypnotherapy