Wash-in Period in Patients Undergoing Low Flow Anesthesia
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- What is being studied
- This is an observational study: the protocol does not assign a study treatment.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Inhalation Anesthesia. Basic parameters: 18 years — 60 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
The Effect of Two Different Fresh Gas Flows on Inhaled Gas Consumption During Wash-in Period in Patients Undergoing Low Flow Anesthesia: An Observational Study
Overview
Volunteers above the age of 18 and below the age of 60 who agreed to participate in the study were not exposed to any interventional intervention other than those routinely applied to the patient during and after the administration of the clinical standard anesthesia protocol. The value indicating the brain's response to hypnotic substances, the vapor concentration in the lung alveoli and the minimum amount of anesthesia gas used will be recorded at certain times. The aim of the researchers in the study was to observe the effect of two different fresh gas flow rates on the amount and cost of waste gas released into the atmosphere.
Detailed description
Anesthetic management of a patient receiving general anesthesia consists of induction, maintenance and termination periods. In the "wash in period" (saturation of the circuit between the anesthesia device and the patient), high fresh gas flows, usually 2-4 l/min fresh gas flow (50% oxygen and 50% air/nitrous oxide mixture) are used. Inhaled anesthetic agents are routinely used in resuscitation. However, the part of this inhaled agent that is not used by the patient is released into the atmosphere and environment. The higher the flow of fresh gas administered, the greater the proportion not used by the patient and discharged into the atmosphere. These waste gases contribute significantly to the greenhouse effect in the atmosphere. Occupational exposure (liver-kidney disease, neurologic disease, cancer, spontaneous abortions, etc. in healthcare workers) accounts for the portion released into the environment. The consumption and cost of inhalation agents depends on the fresh gas flow rate, vaporizer setting and duration of anesthesia. It has been observed that reducing the fresh gas flow rate significantly reduces the cost. The aim of the researchers in the study was to observe the effect of a fresh gas flow rate of 1 l/min to 4 l/min on the amount of waste gas discharged into the atmosphere and thus on the cost of inhaled agents.
Primary outcome measures
- Demographic data [Time frame: preoperative]
- Duration of surgery [Time frame: During the period of operation (2-4 hours)]
- Duration of anesthesia [Time frame: During the period of operation (2-4 hours)]
- Heart rate [Time frame: During the period of operation (2-4 hours)]
- Systolic blood pressure [Time frame: During the period of operation (2-4 hours)]
- Diastolic blood pressure [Time frame: During the period of operation (2-4 hours)]
- Mean blood pressure [Time frame: During the period of operation (2-4 hours)]
- Oxygen saturation [Time frame: During the period of operation (2-4 hours)]
- Total inhaled gas consumption [Time frame: During the period of operation (2-4 hours)]
- Minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) [Time frame: During the period of operation (2-4 hours)]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- ASA I-II risk group patients Duration of surgery between 2 hours and 4 hours, cases with general anesthesia
Exclusion criteria
- Patient refusal to participate in the study
- Under 18 years old BMI>40
- Patients receiving invasive mechanical ventilator support in the last 1 month
- Patients who have received chemotherapy or radiotherapy in the last 2 months
- Those with severe lung disease (COPD, asthma, pulmonary infection, bronchiectasis, previous need for non-invasive mechanical ventilation, oxygen therapy or steroid therapy for acute attack)
- Known severe pulmonary hypertension
- Smoke poisoning (carbon monoxide, cyanide poisoning)
- Alcohol or acetone poisoning
- Malignant hyperthermia
- Intracranial tumor
- Hemodynamic instability
- Shock
- Neuromuscular disease
- Pathologies causing increased intracranial and intraocular pressure
- Those with severe cardiac arrhythmias Those with -EF<30
- Severe peripheral arterial disease
- Patients with liver and kidney dysfunction
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Case-control
Study locations
Turkey (Türkiye) · 3 centers
- Balıkesir University Health Practice and Research Hospital Operating Room — Balıkesir
- Balıkesir University Health Practice and Research Hospital — Balıkesir
- Balıkesir University Health Practice and Research Hospital — Balıkesir
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06967948 · SUckun