A clinical study to know the effect of injection of normal saline through epidural catheter on the level of spinal anaesthesia in patients undergoing lower limb surgeries.
Phase 4
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/09/057943
- Lead Sponsor
- M S Rmaiah medical college
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
all patients undergoing elective lower limb surgeries under combined spinal epidural anaesthesia who fit into american society of anaesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I and II
Exclusion Criteria
american society of anaesthesiologist (ASA) physical status III and above
patient refusal
patients in whom CSEA is contraindicated
patients having allergy to drugs used in the study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method onset & duration of sensory blockade <br/ ><br>maximum level of sensory blockade achieved <br/ ><br>onset and duration of motor blockadeTimepoint: levels will be tested every minute until highest level is achieved & every 10 mins there after until 2 segment regression is achieved
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method hypotension <br/ ><br>bradycardia <br/ ><br>side effects like nausea , vomiting , shiveringTimepoint: the hemodynamic parameters will be checked every 2mins interval for 1st 10mins, followed by ever 5mins for next 20 mins & every 10mins till the end of surgery