SUPraclavicular Regional Anaesthesia affecting Bispectral Index™? as Level Of Consciousness monitor (SUPRABLOC): a Pilot Randomised Controlled trial

Phase 2

• Conditions: Anaesthesia

• Registration Number: PACTR202110574604922
• Lead Sponsor: Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Stellenbosch University

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2021-10-09
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

Patients presenting for elective and emergency surgery in orthopaedic theatres.
Forearm, wrist and hand surgery.

Exclusion Criteria

American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) class 3 or more.
Not fasted for 6 hours or more pre-operatively.
Known allergies to the local anaesthetics used.
Signs of peripheral neuropathy or other neurological disorder affecting the limb to be blocked.
Failed block or block complications.
Contraindication to peripheral nerve block (including bleeding tendencies).
Sedation required in the induction room due to anxiousness or any other reason.
Known systemic neurological or psychiatric illnesses or receiving neuroleptic medication.
Those who received narcotics, anxiolytics or analgesics is the preceding 8 hours.
Baseline oxygen saturation on room air less than 94%.
Patients less than 18 or more than 65 years of age.
Patients whose oxygen saturation decreased to below 94% or whose blood pressure deviated more than 20% from baseline values after receiving the block

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified