ignocaine in gastroscopy
- Conditions
- painAnaesthesiology - Anaesthetics
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12620000023954
- Lead Sponsor
- Alfred health
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Adults (greater than or equal to 18 years) undergoing elective outpatient gastroscopy with low aspiration risk.
1. Patient refusal
2 After-hours or emergency gastroscopies including indications for upper gastrointestinal bleed.
3 Contraindication or allergy to lignocaine.
4 <18 years old or >80 years old
5. Pregnant patients
6. Patients at high risk for aspiration or requiring intubation
7. Gastroscopy solely performed by topicalisation of the throat
8. Patients requiring opioids during gastroscopy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Time to eye opening - clinical observation measured in seconds by researcher using a timer.[Immediately post procedure]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Gastroscopy insertion conditions as determined by the Gastroenterologist via clinical observation using a validated assessment tool.: CLINICIAN SATISFACTION WITH SEDATION INSTRUMENT (CSSI) - Items 17-21 - Global satisfaction rating[Immediately after the gastroscope is inserted, the Gastroenterologist will be asked to rate gastroscope intubation conditions (of ease of the gastroscope insertion into the oesophagus) ];Time until discharge from recovery - as recorded from the patient's medical record.<br>[Measured from the time the patient's gastroscopy is completed until the patient leaves the recovery room. (Usually stage 3 recovery for discharge home)];Pain score post procedure - Visual analogue scale rating - 1-10[Measured immediately post procedure]