Pancreatic Cancer Research

Clinical trialNo phase (not a drug trial)Completed

Measurement of Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter

Effect of Different Speed of Normal Saline Injection on Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter During Thoracic Epidural Catheterization

Outcome
Finished, no results posted
Phase
No phase (not a drug trial)
Status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Start
13 November 2017
Ended
5 May 2018
Enrollment
40 participants
Sites
1
Primary outcomes
optic nerve sheath diameter change among 4 time period
Sponsor type
Academic / other
Results posted
No
Last update
3 July 2018

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Brief summary public domain (ClinicalTrials.gov)

It is reported that optic nerve sheath diameter increases when higher volume of medication is injected during epidural anesthesia. This study is designed to compare the optic nerve sheath diameter using 10cc of nomal saline of different speed (3cc/sec vs. 1cc/sec).

Detailed description public domain (ClinicalTrials.gov)

It is known that insufficient intraoperative or postoperative management can lengthen the hospital stay with unwanted complications. Therefore, active and proper management using continuous thoracic epidural catheterization is suggested good option to prevent such potential complication. According to previous study, injection of different volume of local anesthetics (1.0 ml/kg vs. 1.5 ml/kg) during caudal anesthesia, high volume of local anesthetics resulted in significant increase of intracranial pressure (ICP). Increase of ICP can reduce regional cerebral flow and oxygen saturation causing the safety of patients. In addition, increase of ICP can result in headache, syncope, and transient loss of visual acuity. Although it is very invasive method, ICP can be measured directly at the brain parenchyme. Among methods to measure the ICP indirectly, measurement of optic nerve sheath diameter using ultrasound is known to reflect the degree of ICP. It is reported that optic nerve sheath diameter increases when higher volume of medication is injected during epidural anesthesia. This study is designed to compare the optic nerve sheath diameter using 10cc of nomal saline of different speed (3cc/sec vs. 1cc/sec).