Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00222391
Influence of Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia on Skin Sympathetic Activity and Heart Rate Variability
Influence of Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia on Skin Sympathetic Activity and Heart Rate Variability in Surgical Patients
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 40 (planned)
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Muenster · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
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.
Conditions
Timeline
- Start date
- 2004-04-01
- Completion
- 2006-01-01
- First posted
- 2005-09-22
- Last updated
- 2009-01-07
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Germany
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00222391. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.