Utility of the Smart Pilot View in Clinical Practice: A Two Center Prospective Observational Study

University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anesthesia,General

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01467167

SPV_Utility_V7

Details and patient eligibility

About

Recently, a new software program for anesthesia has been developed, called Smart Pilot View. This program monitors the patient, the anesthetic drugs given, and the calculated depth of the anesthesia. The purpose of this study is to determine whether the use of this program improves the quality of anesthesia.

Enrollment: 400 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Elective surgery
• General anesthesia
• American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status: I - III
• Age 18 to 90 years

Exclusion criteria

• Combined regional and general anesthesia
• Expected surgery duration < 30 minutes
• Central nervous system (CNS) diseases (dementia, cerebrovascular accident, seizures, psychiatric diseases)
• Regular intake of CNS active drugs (benzodiazepines, antidepressants, antipsychotics, anticonvulsants)
• Heart surgery on cardio-pulmonary bypass
• Relevant hepatic disease (Child B or higher)
• BMI >35
• Overt signs of alcohol abuse
• Contraindications or allergies to drugs used in the study

Trial design

400 participants in 2 patient groups

Baseline

Description:

Baseline group in which patients are anesthetized without the use of Smart Pilot View, according to common practice.

Smart Pilot View Group

Description:

Study group in which patients are anesthetized with the use of Smart Pilot View.