Many drugs used during anesthesia can reduce alertness and therefore present potential risks when driving a vehicle (risk of accident). Some scientific societies recommend not driving for 12 to 24 hours after sedation or general anesthesia. However, there are conflicting data in the literature showing that general anesthesia in healthy volunteers does not impair driving ability as early as 2 hours after the end of anesthesia. This need not to drive requires the outpatient to have an escort. Unfortunately, some patients find it difficult to benefit from an adult escort, which can lead to last minute cancellations, absences or the need for a classic overnight hospital stay. The main objective of the study is to compare with a simulator the driving performances of patients who have benefited from deep sedation for an outpatient endoscopic digestive procedure when they have met the discharge criteria to the performances of their escorts in order to determine if the conditions are as safe to let them drive home.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
60
deep sedation with propofol +/- adjuvants such as midazolam, sufentanil, lidocaine and/or dehydrobenperidol
No sedation
Centre hospitalier universitaire de Liege
Liège, Belgium
Travel time
Time frame: until the end of the driving test, an average of 1 hour.
Number of collisions
Time frame: until the end of the driving test, an average of 1 hour.
Number of collisions with a pedestrian
Time frame: until the end of the driving test, an average of 1 hour.
Number of times over the speed limit
Time frame: until the end of the driving test, an average of 1 hour.
Percentage of speeding time
Time frame: until the end of the driving test, an average of 1 hour.
Percentage of speeding distance
Time frame: until the end of the driving test, an average of 1 hour.
Number of speeding ticket
Time frame: until the end of the driving test, an average of 1 hour.
Number of crossings of the median line
Time frame: until the end of the driving test, an average of 1 hour.
Number of passages on the shoulder
Time frame: until the end of the driving test, an average of 1 hour.
Percentage of time out of traffic lane
Time frame: until the end of the driving test, an average of 1 hour.
Percentage of distance out of traffic lane
Time frame: until the end of the driving test, an average of 1 hour.
Number of broken stops
Time frame: until the end of the driving test, an average of 1 hour.
Number of stops at traffic lights
Time frame: until the end of the driving test, an average of 1 hour.
Number of traffic light ticket
Time frame: until the end of the driving test, an average of 1 hour.
Karolinska Sleepiness Scale (KSS)
9-points scale : 1 (extremely alert) to 9 (very sleepy)
Time frame: Within 30 minutes before driving test with simulator
Karolinska Sleepiness Scale (KSS)
9-points scale : 1 (extremely alert) to 9 (very sleepy)
Time frame: Within 10 minutes after driving test with simulator
Beck II Depression inventory score (BDI-II)
21 items - 0 to 3 points by item - 0 (minimal) to 63 (severe depression)
Time frame: Within 30 minutes before driving test with simulator
STOP-Bang questionnaire (Snoring, Tired, Observed, Pressure, Body Mass index > 35, Age, Neck size, Gender)
0 to 8 points (0 = low risk to 8 = high risk of sleep apnea)
Time frame: Within 30 minutes before driving test with simulator
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