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The Effects of Spinal Anesthesia on ED50 and BIS50 of Etomidate for the Loss of Consciousness

NCT03240055

RandomizedParallel-groupTriple-blindOther

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of spinal anesthesia on ED50 and BIS50 of etomidate for the loss of consciousness (LOC) by using up-and-down method.The hypothesis was that spinal anesthesia could significantly reduce the etomidate bolus dose for the LOC and could also achieve hemodynamic stability during anesthesia induction.

Timeline

Start
2017-06-01
Primary completion
2017-07-15
Completion
2017-07-15

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Bupivacaine Other / unclassified 3 ml Intrathecal
Subject Etomidate Small molecule 0.089 mg/kg Intravenous
Subject Etomidate Small molecule 0.105 mg/kg Intravenous

Indications

No indication recorded.