Comparison of efficacy of a local anaesthetic agent with a steroid in providing pain relief in a abdominal plane block after lower abdominal operations.
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Patients who are being posted for elective lower abdomen surgeries belonging to ASA physical status I and II
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/06/008880
- Lead Sponsor
- Shri Sathya Sai Medical College and Research Institute
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 70
Inclusion Criteria
Patients of both the sexes weighing between 40 - 100 kgs of physical status ASA I and II undergoing elective lower abdominal surgery under general anaesthesia.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients refusal for the transverse abdominis plane block
2. Patients belonging to ASA III IV and V physical status
3. Patients allergic to local anaesthetics and dexamethasone
4. Presence of infection at the needle insertion site over the abdomen
5. Patients currently using analgesics or who had current acute or chronic pain
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary outcome of the study would be to evaluate the effects of dexamethasone on the time to the first request for additional analgesics in minutes after the surgeryTimepoint: In minutes for first 24 hours after the surgery
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1 The pain scores (NPIS scale 0-10) at rest <br/ ><br>2 Total analgesic consumption (Morphine in mg) <br/ ><br>3 Occurrence of nausea/vomitingTimepoint: Would be recorded for the first 24 hours after the surgery