Forearm Tourniquet With Small Dose Intravenous Lidocaine

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Local Anaesthesia
• Interventions: Procedure: forearm IVRA; Procedure: intravenous regional anaesthesia

• Registration Number: NCT02857686
• Lead Sponsor: Cairo University

Brief Summary

The safety and effectiveness of the "mini-dose" Bier block, a technique of i.v. regional anesthesia using low-dose lidocaine (1.5 mg/kg) without routine premedication, was evaluated in the emergency department treatment of pediatric upper extremity fractures and dislocations.

Detailed Description

this study aimed at comparing IVRA with small dose lidocaine and forearm tourniquet with conventional IVRA with arm tourniquet and usual lidocaine dose

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2016-08
• Study First Submitted: 2016-08-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-08-03
• Study First Posted: 2016-08-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-08-05
• Last Update Posted: 2016-08-09
• Study Start: 2016-10
• Primary Completion: 2017-01
• Study Completion: 2017-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• ASA(American society of anesthesia) I, II , consent, forearm or arm surgery

Exclusion Criteria

• ASA(American society of anesthesia) III or more, allergy, refusal

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
forearm intravenous regional anesthesia	forearm IVRA	tourniquet over the forearm and lidocaine with a dose of 1.5 mg/ kg
arm intravenous regional anesthesia	intravenous regional anaesthesia	tourniquet over the arm and intravenous lidocaine with a dose of 4 mg/kg

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
pain	2 hours	visual analogue scale

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Cairo University; 🇪🇬 Cairo, Giza, Egypt