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Study aim
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Studying the speed of induction with inhalation anesthesia using sevoflurane with constant percentage but with different amounts of Fresh Gas Flow in children
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Design
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A randomized, phase 3, single blind, clinical trial with three intervention groups will be performed using the Power and Sample Size software and considering the alpha error of 5% and the study power of 90%, the calculated sample size for each group is 17. It will be the case that with an additional safety margin of about 15%, a total of 60 patients (20 in each group) will be studied. The rand function of Excel software was used for randomization.
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Settings and conduct
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60 children aged 6 months to 8 years and with ASA class I and II whom are candidates for elective orthopedic surgeries will be studied in 3 separate groups at Shohada Hospital in Tabriz. After obtaining informed consent from the parents, they will be randomly placed in three separate groups A, B, and C, which are defined based on the amount of FGF during inhalation induction. Calibrated will be done. Only the patient is blind to the medicine received.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Age between 6 month to 8 years old
Candidate for elective orthopedic surgery
Having an indication for inhalational induction of anesthesia
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Intervention groups
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Three groups named A, B and C will be arranged based on the amount of fresh gas flow, Consisting of group A = 2 L/min, group B = 4 L/min, group C = 6 L/min. In all three groups, a fixed output percentage of sevoflurane (8%) will be used for induction of anesthesia.
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Main outcome variables
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Duration of reaching to the Bispectral Index between 60 to 70
Duration till the loss of response to squeezing the trapezius muscle
Duration until Laryngeal Mask Airway installation
Existence of reaction to Laryngeal Mask Airway installation
Heart rate
Blood pressure
Oxygen saturation