Most of the patients after cardiac surgery need sedation in the iCU. Sedation strategy could impact the incidence of vasopressor use.
Sedating a patient is a complex process, especially after heart surgery. Sedation has a negative hemodynamic effect. This leads to a decrease in blood pressure and increases the frequency and dose of vasopressors used. The choice of drug for sedation may have an impact on reducing the frequency of use of vasopressor therapy. The goal of the research is compare three strategies: propofol ( sedative agent), dexmedetomidine ( selective α2-adrenergic receptor (α2-AR) agonist that is associated with sedative effect) and their combination for sedation after cardiac surgery.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
356
sedation after cardiac surgery
sedation after cardiac surgery
sedation after cardiac surgery
Cardiosurgery departments with intensive care block
Kyiv, Ukraine
vasopressor requirements
incidence of cases of using norepinephrine. measurement tool is a fact of using that is marked as yes\\no in the check-list
Time frame: every hour during sedation(up to 12 hours)
dose of norepinephrine
measure the maximum dose of norepinephrine in mcg\\kg\\min to achieve mean arterial pressure 70 mmHg
Time frame: every hour during sedation (up to 12 hours)
Length of stay in the ICU
measure at days
Time frame: before discharging from ICU to the ward ( up to 3 days)
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