To compare anaesthesia block produced with the patient lying in two different positions after receiving local anaesthetic injection in the spine for caesarean delivery
Phase 3
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and SurgicalHealth Condition 2: 1- Obstetrics
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/01/061409
- Lead Sponsor
- Safdarjung Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status II women, with singleton term pregnancy, undergoing elective caesarean delivery under spinal anaesthesia.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Weight less than 50 kg or more than 100 kg, height < 140 cm and > 170 cm
2. Known allergy to any study medication or any contraindication to spinal anaesthesia
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Onset time of sensory block (measured from intrathecal drug administration till achievement of T6 block height) between supine knee-chest position and supine position in parturients undergoing caesarean deliveryTimepoint: Every 2 min after administration of spinal anaesthesia until there is no further rise in the block level for 4 minutes and at 5 minutes thereafter.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.Maximum sensory block height and motor block <br/ ><br>2.Incidence of hypotension and bradycardia and requirement of fluid and vasopressor <br/ ><br>3.Neonatal APGAR score at 1 min and 5 min <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Every 2 min after administration of spinal anaesthesia until there is no further rise in the block level for 4 minutes and at 5 minutes thereafter.