The principal objective is to notice the relevance of timing performance of femoral block for knee replacement surgery during general anesthesia and analyze the relationship with bilateral bispectral index (BIS) monitoring during induction and maintenance of anesthesia. Otherwise the investigators try to investigate if the timing of performance of this block influence in postoperative variables as pain or blood loss.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
85
Antoni Sabate Pes
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
Sevoflurane requirements
Combined ( femoral block and general anesthesia) or balanced anesthesia ( intravenous analgesics and general anesthesia) is evaluated on the requirements of inhalational hypnotics during surgery. Schedule time when BIS has to be in proper range (40-60): T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T1 Induction T2 Inflated cuff ischemia T3 Incision T4 Unlocking cuff ischemia T5 End surgery T6 Time to wake the patient from the close of the sevoflurane vaporizer Each time include a period of adjustment in 5 minutes
Time frame: 6 months
Intraoperative and postoperative opiates requirements and relations with CVI
Time frame: Time surgery and 24,48 and 72 h postoperative
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