Evaluation of the Concentration-prediction for Oxygen and Volatile Anesthetic Agents in the 'Draeger Perseus A500' Anesthesia Machine

NCT ID: NCT03465319

Last Updated: 2018-03-16

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

20 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-12-15

Study Completion Date

2017-01-10

Brief Summary

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The anesthesia machine "Draeger Perseus A 500" has an integrated software which calculates the predicted course of the concentration of oxygen and the volatile anesthetics sevoflurane and desflurane for the next 20 minutes.

The Goal of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of this prediction under controlled clinical circumstances.

Therefore 20 patients undergoing an operation with general anesthesia were included. They were assigned to a sevoflurane- or desflurane-group by lots.

The oxygen- and volatile anesthetic influx into the anesthesia machine's circuit was adjusted following a fixed protocol. The concentration of oxygen and the volatile anesthetic was measured and compared to the predicted values.

Detailed Description

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In an anesthesia machine´s circuit the concentration of oxygen and volatile anesthetics depends on many variables. Especially during low- or minimal-flow anesthesia it can be difficult for the anesthesist to anticipate these values.

In the anesthesia machine 'Draeger Perseus A500' a software is included, which calculates and predicts the course of the inspired and exhaled concentration of oxygen and the volatile anesthetics sevoflurane and desflurane for the next 20 minutes. The results can be displayed as a diagram and are based on the actual setup of the anesthesia machine.

The behavior of the oxygen-concentration depends on the oxygen-delivery on the one hand and on the patients oxygen-consumption on the other hand. The oxygen delivery into the anesthesia-circuit can be analysed easily and exactly. The patients oxygen-consumption cannot be measured except invasive procedures such as a pulmonary-catheter are used. In daily routine the oxygen-consumption can only be calculated. Different methods based on the Brody-equation are published. In the Perseus-software a simplified formula suggested by Arndt ist used.

The concentration-progress of volatile anesthetics depends on many factors and can be described as a cascade of systems beginning with the influx of gas into the anesthesia machine, the uptake or release of the anesthetic agent in the alveoli and ending with the distribution between the different compartments and possibly the metabolisation. These processes can be described by pharmacologic more-compartment models. In the Perseus anesthesia machine a five-compartment model described by Bailey is used for predicting.

These two models have never before been included into the software of an anesthesia machine an therefore never been evaluated ind such a surrounding.

For the evaluation the investigators included 20 patients from the surgical department undergoing an operation with general anesthesia. 10 patients received sevoflurane, 10 patients desflurane.

The investigators generated stable conditions to evaluate the precision of these predictions. Thus the investigators used a fixed protocol for the gas influx to the anesthesia machine, the vapor adjustment and the ventilator setup. At least three periods lasting 20 minutes were measured.

Conditions

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Anesthesia

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_ONLY

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Sevoflurane

10 patients receiving an anesthesia with sevoflurane

No interventions assigned to this group

Desflurane

10 patients receiving an anesthesia with desflurane

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* patients undergoing an operation under general anesthesia

Exclusion Criteria

* body-mass-index \> 35 kg/m2
* pregnancy
* patients who are not able to give informed consent
* patients with relevant comorbidity (ASA-classification \> II), especially cardio-vascular or pulmonary disease
* contraindications for volatile anesthetics (for example disposition for malignant hyperthermia)
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Medical School

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Tino Münster

Vice director of the Department of Anaesthesiology

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Tino Muenster, Prof. Dr. med.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Department of Anesthesiology

Locations

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University Hospital

Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany

Site Status

Countries

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Germany

Other Identifiers

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PersA500-PM

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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