A clinical trial to study the effect of addition of drug dexmedetomidine on pain relief for surgeries on the upper limb in childre
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: S424- Fracture of lower end of humerusHealth Condition 2: S525- Fracture of lower end of radiusHealth Condition 3: Q704- Polysyndactyly, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/05/025284
- Lead Sponsor
- Chacha Nehru bal Chikitsalaya Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Children aged 3-12 years
2. Undergoing elective upper limb surgeries
3. ASA physical status grade I and II
Exclusion Criteria
1. Any contraindications for supraclavicular block (infection at the injection site,history of bleeding disorders, patients on anticoagulants, history of drug allergy).
2. Patients undergoing bilateral surgery on upper limbs in the same setting.
3. Patients taking chronic analgesics.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Time to first analgesic request in postoperative periodTimepoint: First 24 hours in postoperative period
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Intraoperative opioid consumptionTimepoint: Total duration of anaesthesia;Pain scores in the postoperative period for 24 hoursTimepoint: 30 mins,1 hr, 1.5 hr, 2 hrs, 4 hrs, 8 hrs, 24 hrs;Satisfaction score for pain reliefTimepoint: at the end of 24 hrs;Total consumption of analgesics in postoperative period for 24 hoursTimepoint: 30 mins,1 hr, 1.5 hr, 2 hrs, 4 hrs, 8 hrs, 24 hrs;Untoward effects if any - hypotension , bradycardia, sedation, vomiting, pneumothorax <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Intraoperative period, Postoperative period for 24 hrs