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Research Plan
This study will be conducted at Mount Sinai Hospital. Patients will be recruited by reading the operating room schedule in advance and contacting patients over the phone to explain the study, risks and benefits, and obtain informed consent prior to admission to the hospital.
Objective
Surgical conditions in laparoscopic surgery are largely determined by the depth of neuromuscular relaxation during surgery. This is especially true in procedures which are confined to a narrow working field such as retroperitoneal laparoscopic surgery (eg. renal and prostatic surgery). In the
Recent developments in near-infrared spectroscopy technology now permit rapid assessment of cerebral oxygenation (SctO2) using non-invasive probes. A high incidence cerebral desaturation events (CDE-defined as a decrease in SctO2 values below 20% of baseline measures or absolute SctO2 values ≤ 55
ECT Administration All patients will receive ECT administered using a Thymatron-System IV (Somatics, LLC , Lake Bluff, IL) ECT device, the same device used for our usual ECT. All patients will be monitored with continuous electrocardiogram (EKG) monitoring, pulse oximetry, and regular blood pressure
Title: Progesterone Treatment of Blunt Traumatic Brain Injury Principal Investigator(s): Arthur Kellermann, M.D., M.P.H. Institution: Emory University Biostatistician: Vicki Hertzberg, Ph.D. Institution: Emory University Project phase or primary methodology: Phase II pilot, double blind, 4:1