ASSESSMENT OF DURATION OF POSTOPERATIVE PAIN RELIEF IN PATIENTS RECEIVING ULTRASOUND GUIDED NERVE BLOCK WITH BUPIVACAINE (LOCAL ANAESTHETIC) ALONE OR WITH DEXMEDETOMIDINE (SEDATIVE, ANXIOLYTIC) IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING FEMUR (THIGH BONE) FRACTURE SURGERY
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: M99-M99- Biomechanical lesions, not elsewhere classifiedHealth Condition 2: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/03/032154
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Reshma B M
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Inclusion Criteria
1. PATIENTS UNDERGOING ELECTIVE FEMUR FRACTURE SURGERIES.
2. PATIENTS BELONGING TO AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANAESTHESIOLOGISTS PHYSICAL STATUS (ASA-PS) 1 -3
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients with history of known allergy to local anaesthetic agent
and/or dexmedetomidine.
2. Pregnancy and lactation.
3. Infection at the block site.
4. Neurological deficit in lower limbs.
5. Impaired cognition / dementia.
6. Multiple injuries requiring pain medications.
7. Substance / opioid abuse.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To assess the duration of postoperative analgesia of USG guided <br/ ><br>FICB using bupivacaine alone compared with bupivacaine and <br/ ><br>dexmedetomidine in patients undergoing surgery for fracture femur under <br/ ><br>spinal anaesthesia.Timepoint: Baseline, 15 minutes after performing block, every 2 hours thereafter for 24 hours
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. TO ASSESS TOTAL ANALGESIC REQUIREMENT POSTOPERTIVELY FOR 12-24 HOURS. <br/ ><br>2. PATIENT SATISFACTION SCORE. <br/ ><br>3. TO ASSESS SEDATION LEVELS AND SIDE EFFECTS IF ANYTimepoint: ASSESSMENT FOR 24 HOURS POSTOPERATIVELY