Our aim, in this study, is to elucidate the optimal dosing range (ED50 and ED95) of bolus remifentanil in order to counter the painful stimuli resulting from direct laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation by using the NOL index. In order to maximize the clinical relevance of our findings, induction of general anesthesia will be done with standard medications and doses and laryngoscopy will be done with the Macintosh laryngoscope, the most common tool used for intubation in the operating room
Background: There are no study so far that determined the ED50 and ED95 of remifentanil to perform tracheal intubation by using the NOL index as the criterion measured to determine the failure (painful intubation) or the success (pain free intubation) of the assessed procedure. Objectives: To determine the ED50 and ED95 of remifentanil bolus to perform tracheal intubation without NOL index variating over threshold for nociceptive response (determined as a NOL index going over 20 - peak value of maximum 20) using the Macintosh blade when obtaining good conditions of intubation in anesthetized patients. Good conditions of intubation will be determined as obtaining a Cormack-Lehane grade I and II.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
80
Remifentanil will be given (dosage of 0.5 µg/kg of adjusted body weight bolus) from an infusion pump over 30 seconds
Remifentanil will be given (dosage of 1 µg/kg of adjusted body weight bolus) from an infusion pump over 30 seconds
Remifentanil will be given (dosage of 1.5 µg/kg of adjusted body weight bolus) from an infusion pump over 30 seconds
Hopital Maisonneuve Rosemont
Montreal East, Quebec, Canada
determine ED95 of remifentanil bolus in mcg/kg for tracheal intubation
The primary goal of this study is to determine the ED95 of remifentanil bolus to perform tracheal intubation without NOL index varying over 20 (peak maximal value of 20) using the Macintosh blade when obtaining a Cormack-Lehane grade I or II of intubation in anesthetized patients (the size of the blade will be chosen according to patient characteristics described in the user's manual for each blade and published in previous literature). This primary outcome will be expressed in mcg/kg of remifentanil.
Time frame: in the surgery
NOL maximal value after intubation (NOL is an index without unit going from 0 to 100)
After tracheal intubation NOL index maximal value will be evaluated and compared between the 4 doses of remifentanil in mcg/kg received in this study.
Time frame: in the surgery
Variation of NOL index after tracheal intubation; DELTA NOL (no unit)
After tracheal intubation DELTA NOL index will be evaluated and compared between the 4 doses of remifentanil in mcg/kg received in this study.
Time frame: in the surgery
Time in seconds NOL spends above 25 after tracheal intubation (in seconds)
Time in seconds spent above 25 of NOL index and comparison between the 4 doses of remifentanil used in this study
Time frame: in the surgery
Area under the curve for NOL index after tracheal intubation (no unit)
Compare the AUC of NOL after tracheal intubation between the 4 doses of remifentanil used in this study.
Time frame: in the surgery
Heart Rate Maximal value after tracheal intubation (in beat per minutes)
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Remifentanil will be given (dosage of 2 µg/kg of adjusted body weight bolus) from an infusion pump over 30 seconds
To compare maximal heart rate values reached after tracheal intubation between the 4 doses of remifentanil used in this study
Time frame: in the surgery
Heart Rate variation (DELTA Heart Rate) after tracheal intubation (in beats per minute)
To compare the DELTA Heart Rate after tracheal intubation between the 4 doses of remifentanil used in this study
Time frame: in the surgery
Time in seconds that Heart Rate spends above threshold of 10%; in seconds
To compare the time in seconds between the 4 doses of remifentanil that Heart Rate spends above teh threshold of 10% of variation above normal prestimulus values.
Time frame: in the surgery
Area under the curve of Heart Rate after tracheal intubation (no unit)
To compare AUC of Heart Rate values after tracheal intubation between teh 4 different doses of remifentanil used in this study.
Time frame: in the surgery