Ventilation With High Oxygen Content and Postoperative Pneumocephalus

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Conditions studied: Pneumocephalus

In brief

The aim of this study is to compare the incidence and volume of postoperative pneumocephalus in patients receiving ventilation with 100% oxygen during the last stage of surgery versus a conventional 1:1 oxygen/air gas mixture.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02722928

Run by

Ohio State University

People needed

100

Starts

2015-08-01

Expected to finish

2018-12-26

Last updated by the study team

2019-06-04

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients > 18 years of both sexes undergoing surgical procedures to treat hemispheric or posterior cranial fossa tumors and consenting to the study

You may not qualify if…

• History of severe cardio-pulmonary disease.
• Bleeding disorders
• Previous neurosurgeries requiring cranial reconstruction
• Head trauma
• Decreased consciousness related to cerebral edema

Where it is running

• Department of Anesthesiology - Clinical Research — Columbus, Ohio, United States

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