To compare the effect of consecutive versus premixed administration of hyperbaric bupivacaine and fentanyl in neuraxial anaesthesia for caesarean sectio

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Conditions: Health Condition 1: O80-O82- Encounter for delivery

Registration Number: CTRI/2021/10/037039

Lead Sponsor: Department of Anaesthesiology

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: ot Yet Recruiting

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 0

Inclusion Criteria

•Patients belonging to American Society of Anesthesiologist Grade I and II

•Parturients aged 18-35 years undergoing caesarean section

Exclusion Criteria

•Parturients with complicated pregnancy as preeclampsia, pregnancy induced hypertension, gestational diabetes, abnormal placenta (placenta praevia), multiple gestation

•BMI greater than 35 or less than 22 Kg/m2

•Height less than 150 cm and greater than 170 cm

•Gestational age less than 36 weeks

•Major systemic diseases (cardiac, renal, liver)

•Having allergy to drugs used in the study

•Patients having neuropathies

•Having contraindications for spinal anaesthesia

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
â?¢To study the effect of consecutive administration of hyperbaric bupivacaine followed by fentanyl on the time of onset of sensory block in neuraxial anaesthesia for caesarean section. <br/ ><br>â?¢To study the effect of consecutive administration of fentanyl followed by hyperbaric bupivacaine on the time of onset of sensory block in neuraxial anaesthesia for caesarean section. <br/ ><br>â?¢To study the effect of premixed administration of hyperbaric bupivacaine and fentanyl on the time of onset of sensory block in neuraxial anaesthesia for caesarean section. <br/ ><br>â?¢To compare the effect of consecutive with premixed administration of hyperbaric bupivacaine and fentanyl on the time of onset of sensory block in neuraxial anaesthesia for caesarean section. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Time of onset of sensory block will be assessed. Segmental sensory level of anaesthesia will be assessed by pts response to pinprick every 2 min. till 20 min.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
â?¢Time of onset of motor block <br/ ><br>â?¢Time of regression of sensory block. <br/ ><br>â?¢Time of regression of motor block. <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Time of onset of motor block will be assessed every 5 min. for 20 min. <br/ ><br>Time of regression of sensory and motor block will be assessed. <br/ ><br>