Regional Anesthesia for Cardiothoracic Enhanced Recovery (RACER) Study



Status:Not yet recruiting
Conditions:Peripheral Vascular Disease, Cardiology, Cardiology
Therapuetic Areas:Cardiology / Vascular Diseases
Healthy:No
Age Range:Any - 99
Updated:9/29/2018
Start Date:December 2018
End Date:August 2020
Contact:Ahtziri Fonseca
Email:aef22011@stanford.edu
Phone:6504970927

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Regional Anesthesia for Cardiothoracic Enhanced Recovery (RACER) for Patients Undergoing Sternotomy for Congenital Heart Repair

The erector spinae plane block is a novel regional anesthetic technique that allows for
analgesia of the thorax and abdomen with a peripheral nerve block. The goals of this study
are to determine if bilateral erector spinae plane blocks (ESPB) after sternotomy for
congenital heart repair in high risk children and adults can decrease outcomes such as
duration of postoperative mechanical ventilation (MV), perioperative opioid consumption, days
in the intensive care unit (ICU) and length of stay (LOS).


Inclusion Criteria:

i) Ages 0-99 ii) Give consent/parental consent to participate in study iii) Patients
undergoing sternotomy for congenital heart repair surgeries

Exclusion Criteria:

i) Participants who do not consent or have parental consent ii) Patients who are clinically
unstable or require urgent/emergent intervention iii) Patients under 5kg
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