The use of intravenous dexmedetomidine as an additional drug to epidural morphine in providing adequate pain relief and sedation in patients undergoing major operations like thoracotomy.
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- carcinoma lung patients undregoing thoracotomy
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2012/06/002746
- Lead Sponsor
- ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
ELECTIVE THORACOTOMY
Exclusion Criteria
•patients refusal to participate
•patients who have psychiatric disturbances
•severe chest wall/spinal deformity
•patients with coagulation disorders/pts on anticoagulants
•severe ventricular dysfunction
•patients in shock
•liver disease patients
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method