The RAPID trial is a randomized, single-center trial investigating whether giving atropine at heart rates below 60 beats per minute versus giving atropine only at heart rates below 30 beats per minute reduces the amount of norepinephrine needed to keep MAP above 65 mmHg in non-cardiac surgery patients with intraoperative bradycardia.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
186
In patients assigned to the atropine therapy at heart rates below 60 beats per minute, atropine will be given at a dose of 0.5 mg when heart rate is below 60 beats per minute for one continuous minute. A second and third atropine dose of 0.5 mg will be given if heart rate remains or again drops below 60 beats per minute for one continuous minute. Patients will not be given more than 1.5 mg atropine.
In patients assigned to atropine therapy at heart rates below 30 beats per minute, atropine will be given at a dose of 0.5 mg when heart rate is below 30 beats per minute for one continuous minute. A second and third atropine dose of 0.5 mg will be given if heart rate remains or again drops below 30 beats per minute for one continuous minute. Patients will not be given more than 1.5 mg atropine.
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Hamburg, Germany
Average norepinephrine infusion rate
Average norepinephrine infusion rate in μg per kg actual body weight per minute (μg kg-1 min-1) needed to keep MAP above 65 mmHg from anesthetic induction until the end of surgery (continuous outcome)
Time frame: Perioperative
Time-weighted average MAP <65 mmHg
From anesthetic induction until the end of surgery
Time frame: Perioperative
Time-weighted average heart rate <60 bpm
From anesthetic induction until the end of surgery
Time frame: Perioperative
Time-weighted average MAP >110 mmHg
From anesthetic induction until the end of surgery
Time frame: Perioperative
Time-weighted average heart rate >100 bpm
From anesthetic induction until the end of surgery
Time frame: Perioperative
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