Active clinical trials for "Hypotension"

Objectives: This study is evaluating the hemodynamic effects of lowering the dialysate temperature in acute kidney injury (AKI) patients submitted to sustained low efficiency dialysis (SLED) in a single large center. Methods: Participants will be randomly assigned to two treatment groups. One group will be started treatment with low temperature (set point 5 on the machine which is around 35°C) for one treatment and then alternate between high and low temperatures for a maximum of 8 treatments. The other group will be started with high temperature (set point 9 on the machine which is around 37°C) for the first treatment then alternate between high and low temperatures for a maximum of 8 treatments. Each participants will need at least two treatments, one with each temperature to be included in the analysis. The investigators will be looking for the number of events during a SLED treatment. Events will be defined as drop in systolic blood pressure ≥ 20 mmHg or drop in mean arterial pressure (MAP) of ≥10 mmHg, requirement of resuscitation with IVF after initiation of SLED, initiation or increase requirement of vasoactive drugs.

Spinal anesthesia is the gold standard technique for elective cesarean section. It helps to avoid risks regarding airway management and provides effective neuraxial postoperative analgesia, enabling quicker maternal recovery. Cesarean section normally require an anesthetic block at T4 level. So that maternal hypotension is reported to occur in up to 80%. This can result in significant morbidity for both the mother and fetus.The purpose of this study is to determine if epinephrine is as effective and safe compared to ephedrine for maintaining arterial blood pressure during elective cesarean section under spinal anesthesia. All participants will receive spinal anesthesia with a local anesthetic and sufentanil. This study plans to enroll 140 healthy pregnant women. Patients will be randomly assigned according to a computer generated system to be in one of two groups.

This study investigated the maternal and fetal effects during performance of CSEA in the left lateral decubitus and sitting positions in obese pregnant women undergoing elective cesarean section.

This clinical investigation will investigate whether Hypotension Decision Assist (HDA) is a feasible, safe and effective patient clinical decision support system to enhance an anaesthetist's ability to manage a patient's cardiovascular system when undergoing surgery. If successful, this study will provide evidence that the use of HDA facilitates beneficial outcomes for patients who have this device used.

This will be a double-blind randomized study, aiming at investigating a fixed rate phenylephrine infusion versus a fixed rate norepinephrine infusion versus placebo in combination with co-hydration with colloids for the prevention of maternal hypotension in elective cesarean section

Hypotension is a very common consequence of the sympathetic vasomotor block caused by spinal anesthesia for cesarean section. Maternal symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and dyspnea frequently accompany severe hypotension, and adverse effects on the fetus, including depressed APGAR scores and umbilical acidosis, have been correlated with severity and duration of hypotension. Because hypotension is frequent, vasopressors should be used routinely and preferably prophylactically.

Orthostatic hypotension is a highly prevalent deficit in the aging population especially when coupled with stroke, frailty, diabetes, Parkinson's disease or spinal cord injuries. This population has difficulty with the autonomic regulation of blood pressure and experiences elevated risks of falls. The fall risk is greatest when the person transitions from supine or sitting to standing as this is when blood has a tendency to pool in the legs preventing adequate blood circulation to vital organs. This is a safety concern and limiting factor for rehabilitation of patients with orthostatic hypotension in the inpatient rehabilitation setting. There is low-quality evidence that compression garments such as abdominal binders and compression stockings can be helpful to manage orthostatic hypotension and the associated fall risk. However, many people with orthostatic hypotension perceive the treatment approach with compression stockings to be largely unacceptable. Aquatic immersion may provide better advantages to compression garments because hydrostatic pressure exerts a little over 22 mmHg pressure for every foot of water. Therefore, an individual standing in 4 ft depth water will have roughly 90 mmHg pressure on their feet and about 56 mmHg at their knees. These amounts of pressure are more than those induced by typical compression stockings, which provide 30-40 mm Hg pressure. In addition, immersion at level of xiphoid process or higher is known to translocate blood from the lower to the center of the body and act to increase cerebral blood flow which may be beneficial for preventing orthostatic hypotension symptoms. No studies have looked at the physiologic response to immersion and aquatic exercise for people with orthostatic hypotension. Since this population is known to have difficulty with autonomic regulation of blood pressure, it is unclear if they will experience a similar hemodynamic response during immersion than the healthy population during or after aquatic therapy due to orthostatic hypotension. Anecdotal evidence suggests that patients with orthostatic hypotension do not exhibit adverse effects due to orthostatic hypotension when standing in water or participating in aquatic exercise independent of compression garments use. They often have improved standing tolerance in the pool compared with prolonged standing on land. Steps to manage orthostatic hypotension when out of the pool, such as hydration during pool session, placing compressive garments prior to exit of pool and slow transitions out of pool setting has been adequate to prevent symptoms of orthostatic hypotension in the post exercise period in this population. The primary aim of this study is to look at heart rate and blood pressure response when going from sit to stand during physical therapy sessions on land compared to in the pool for people who have orthostatic hypotension (defined as a drop in systolic blood pressure of at least 15 mmHg or 7 mmHg drop in diastolic blood pressure from sitting to standing). The secondary aim of this study is to evaluate tolerance for physical activity during physical therapy sessions in the pool compared to on land for people with orthostatic hypotension. The third aim of the study is to investigate heart rate and blood pressure response for 3 hours following the physical therapy sessions. We hypothesize that orthostatic hypotension will be reduced and standing exercise tolerance will be increased when in the pool compared to on land. In addition, we hypothesized that there will not be a significant difference in heart rate or blood pressure response in the 3-hour post exercise period of aquatic vs. land exercise.

Hemodynamic changes during induction of anesthesia may have adverse outcomes and should therefore be avoided. The decrease in blood pressure during induction of anesthesia with propofol is due to a decrease in systemic vascular resistance or cardiac output and may be increased by the concomitant use of other drugs such as remifentanil. Target controlled infusion (TCI) system aims to reach the theoretically targeted blood or brain concentration of anesthetic agents based on the patient's age, weight, and height, with computer-assisted algorithms. In manual anesthesia induction, anesthetic agents are administered at a fixed dose and rate adjusted according to the patient's weight, which may cause hypotension in patients with low cardiovascular performance. As target-controlled infusion (TCI) obviates the need to calculate the infusion rate manually, the use of TCI may provide a better hemodynamic profile during anesthesia induction This study was designed to test the hypothesis that propofol by TCI anesthesia induction is associated with a lower hypotension rate when compared with manual anesthesia induction

Establishing the euvolemic state in hemodialysis patients -the so called "dry weight"- is an important clinical conundrum in every nephrologist's daily practice. Underestimation of dry weight (with excessive ultrafiltration) results in dialysis-induced hypotension. Currently used methods to establish dry weight, including clinical assessment, bio-impedance spectroscopy and online relative blood volume (RBV) measurements, all have their limitations. RBV measurement reflects changes in blood volume during dialysis without providing any information about the initial hydration status, or the initial absolute blood volume (ABV). Recently, researchers proposed a new method to calculate ABV, by using the principle of dilution-indicator with RBV measurement. In a small cohort study they identified a total blood volume threshold of 65 millilitres per kilogram dry weight predicting for intra-dialytic hypotension associated symptoms. The goal of current clinical trial is to re-investigate the accuracy of the above-described method and to confirm the hypothesis of a critical threshold of 65 ml blood volume per kg dry weight in haemodialysis patients. Researchers will compare adjustment of dry weight based on the ABV measurement with standard care to see if dialysis-induced hypotension will be reduced.

Hypotension in patients who are taken to surgery, is a very frequent complication, when the spinal anesthetical technique is used, associating this with significant adverse effects that can lead to morbidity specially in the obstetric patient. The objective of the study is determine if the phenylephrine used of prophylactic form, achieved to prevent the appearance of hypotension in obstetric patients led to Caesarea under spinal anesthesia.