sing two different doses of bupivacaine for spinal block.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- anaesthesia for orthopedic surgery of lower limb fractures:
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2013/02/003382
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity College of Medical Sciences and GTB Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Other (Terminated)
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 24
Inclusion Criteria
consenting adult male patients of ASA physical status I or II with body weight between 50-70 kg and height of 150-180 cm undergoing orthopedic surgery for fracture in lower limb using combined spinal epidural anaesthesia.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients with diabetes mellitus, history of spinal disease or coagulation abnormalities, skin infection at site of injection and other contraindications to combined spinal epidural anaesthesia including sensitivity to local anesthetics
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method dermatomal increase in maximum sensory block produced by epidural volume extensionTimepoint: Every 2 minutes, the sensory level will be assessed till 3 consecutive identical readings are obtained (before and after the epidural volume extension).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method motor blockadeTimepoint: same as sensory level monitoring to attain grade of maximum motor block.