Comparison of the effectiveness of intrathecal fentanyl or morphine as an adjunct on quality of anesthesia and post-operative pain relief in healthy pregnant women undergoing elective cesarean sections.

Not Applicable

Conditions: Anesthesia in pregnancy

Registration Number: SLCTR/2015/009

Lead Sponsor: Base Hospital, Homagama

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Pending

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

1. Participants will be pregnant mothers who are registered and admitted to ward 7 and 9 of Base Hospital Homagama, scheduled for elective cesarean sections, regardless of POA, during day time and consenting to spinal anesthesia
2. No known contraindications for spinal anesthesia
3. Any age group in the given study population.
4. Healthy ASA I
5. Height ranging from 145-165cm

Exclusion Criteria

1. Known allergy to local anesthetics.
2. Mentally ill or handicapped
3. Known allergy to morphine or fentanyl

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time to first analgesic requirement <br> [Time taken after closure of the skin incision and patient requesting pain relief. (Taken as Visual analogue Scale 3)<br>]<br>Onset of anaesthesia (sensory block) up to T4 and onset of motor block as assessed according to the criteria of Bromage scale 3 or 4. [Onset of Anaesthesia to cold sensation and pinprick. Time taken from the infiltration of drugs to subarachnoid space]<br>Assessment of pain by visual analogue scale<br> [Before and after Anesthesia.<br>]<br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Incidence of sedation, nausea and vomiting, pruritus, respiratory depression, and urinary retention<br><br> [Every 3 minutes for the 1st 15 minutes and then every 5 minutes until the patient dispatched from the theater and sent to the ward.<br>]<br>Maternal heart rate, respiratory rate, SPo2, non invasive blood pressure. [Every 3 minutes for the 1st 15 minutes and then every 5 minutes until the patient dispatched from the theater and sent to the ward. In ward every 15 minutes for 1 hour, then every half an hour for 1 hour, then hourly for 4 hrs, then 2 hourly for 6 hrs, then 4 hourly until completion of 24 hrs. ]<br>APGAR score of the neonate [At first minute, 5 minutes and 10 minutes. ]<br>