Preventive analgesia and recovery from anaesthesia
Completed
- Conditions
- Carotid endarterectomySurgery
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN70808055
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Ferrara (Italy) - Department of Surgical, Anaesthetic and Radiological Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 64
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patients aged 18 years or greater, either sex
2. Undergoing elective carotid endarterectomy
3. No contraindication to local anaesthetic block
4. Give informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
1. Aged less than 18 years
2. Refusal
3. Urgent surgery (planned less than 24 hours in advance)
4. Patients with psychiatric pathology or inability to cooperate
5. Presence of contraindication to local anaesthetic block (i.e. allergy)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Aldrete score, measured at 0, 5, 10, and 30 minutes
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Measured at 0, 5, 10, 30, 60, 120, and 180 minutes after extubation:<br>1. Respiratory rate (RR)<br>2. Heart rate (HR)<br>3. SpO2<br>4. Arterial pressure<br>5. Pain (Numerical Rating Scale 0 - 10)<br>6. Nausea (yes or no)<br>7. Vomiting (yes or no)<br>8. Shivers (yes or no)