Influence of Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia on Skin Sympathetic Activity and Heart Rate Variability

University Hospital Muenster

Status: Completed

Conditions: Abdominothoracic Surgery; Abdominal Surgery

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00222391

01-Anast-04

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the impact of epidural anesthesia on sympathetic activity in surgical patients. The study investigates whether a segmental sympathetic block can be determined and can be correlated to level of the sensoric blockade.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• elective surgery
• combined anesthesia with thoracic epidural anesthesia 8 (Th6-9
• Body-mass-index < 30

Exclusion criteria

• Fever, Hypothermia, SIRS
• Microangiopathy
• Neuropathy
• Sensomotoric deficits