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Role of Intraoperative Beta Blocker for Morbid Obese Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery

A

Ain Shams University

Status and phase

Unknown
Phase 4

Conditions

Postoperative Pain
Intraoperative Awareness

Treatments

Drug: Esmolol

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04086940
Ain Shams university 1

Details and patient eligibility

About

Using esmolol during anesthetic maintenance of laparoscopic bariatric surgery significantly decreases anesthetic, analgesic requirements, postoperative pain, PNV and postoperative hypoxia.

Full description

Postoperative pain, nausea, vomiting (PNV) and hypoxia are common in relation to laparoscopic bariatric surgery. Sympatholytic drugs might decrease the need for intravenous or Inhalation anesthetics and opioids. In this study we wanted to analyze effects of esmolol on intraoperative anesthetic-analgesic requirements, postoperative analgesic requirements, postoperative pain, PNV and hypoxia.

Methods: Sixty patients have been included. Propofol, fentanyl and rocuronium were used for induction. Study groups were as follows; group E Esmolol infusion was added to maintenance anesthetics (Sevoflurane and fentanyl), group N only Sevoflurane and fentanyl was used during maintenance. They have been monitored during the intraoperative period and postoperatively for 24 h for analgesic requirements and PNV. Visual analog scale (VAS) scores for pain was also been assessed.

Enrollment

60 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 59 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) I - II patients
  • age between 18-59 years
  • both genders
  • body mass index (BMI) > 45 kg/m2

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients with -hepatic
  • renal
  • cardiac
  • respiratory diseases
  • patients with a history of drug abuse or who were dependent on opioid drugs.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Prevention

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Quadruple Blind

60 participants in 2 patient groups

esmolol(breviblock) group
Active Comparator group
Description:
Patients in group E received a loading dose of esmolol(breviblock) 1 mg/kg in 50 ml isotonic saline over 30 minutes before induction of anesthesia, then followed by an infusion of esmolol 10 µg/kg/min until the end of the surgery.
Treatment:
Drug: Esmolol
non esmolol group
Active Comparator group
Description:
Patients in group N received 50 ml of isotonic saline over 30 min, followed by an infusion of isotonic saline at same rate of group E till the end of the surgery.
Treatment:
Drug: Esmolol

Trial contacts and locations

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