Comparison of 2 Depth of Sedation Indices in the Intensive Care Unit (NCT05587803) | Clinical Trial Compass
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Comparison of 2 Depth of Sedation Indices in the Intensive Care Unit
Belgium30 participantsStarted 2022-05-09
Plain-language summary
In the intensive care unit of the Free University hospital of Brussels, sedated patients are standardly monitored with the Masimo SEDline device to see how deeply a patient is asleep. During this study we want to attach 1 extra device to 30 sedated patients, lying in the intensive care unit. This device, called the NeuroSENSE brain monitor from Neurowave systems, uses a different scale to indicate the ideal depth of sedation. In total, both devices will be hung on a patient for 2 times 35 minutes. At minute 33, a RASS score will be determined in each patient. This score will be determined by talking to the patient or administering a pain stimulus. Based on the reaction of the patient an estimation can be made how deeply a patient is sleeping. Our goal is to find out which device correlates best with the effective clinical state of the patient.
Who can participate
Age range
18 Years
Sex
ALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Sedated patients hospitalized in ICU of the University Hospital of Brussels
* Patients who are monitored with the SEDline/Masimo monitor
* Patients who receive Remifentanil at a maximum concentration of 0,2 μg/kg/min and propofol with a concentration between 0,5-4,0 mg/kg/h
* Age above 18 years
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patients with facial trauma
* Pregnant patients
* Patients who received muscle re-laxants
* Patients in prone position
* Lack of informed consent from the family
* Patients who are hemodynamically unstable
* Patients with neurotrauma or every other neurologic disorder
* Patients post neurosurgery
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What they're measuring
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Comparison of the depth of sedation indices per assigned RASS score using the prediction probability