Role of ultrasound for location of epidural space for pain after surgery in children.
Phase 2
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/07/043668
- Lead Sponsor
- SGRDIMSAR
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
ASA physical status I, II
Children undergoing infra umbilical surgeries
Exclusion Criteria
1.Children with pre-existing neurological disease
2.Children with known hypersensitivity to local anaesthetic agents.
3.Children suffering from bleeding diathesis or coagulation disorders.
4.Local sepsis at the site of proposed puncture.
5.Sacral deformity or tuberculosis of spine.
6.Children being treated with anticoagulants, CNS active drugs.
7.Technical problems (persistent parasthesias, persistent bloody tap).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare the analgesic efficacy of caudal block with or without using ultrasound technique in children undergoing infraumbilical surgeries <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>1.To evaluate analgesic efficacy of caudal block in terms of â?? <br/ ><br>a.Caudal effective score <br/ ><br>b.Hemodynamic stability <br/ ><br>c.Recovery profile <br/ ><br>2.To study the complications of procedure and side effects of drug. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: from the start of anaesthesia till 24 hours postoperatively.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare the analgesic efficacy of caudal block with Bupivacaine alone or with dexamethasone using ultrasound technique in children undergoing infraumbilical surgeries <br/ ><br>Timepoint: from the start of anaesthesia till 24 hours postoperatively.