An observational study to understand the effect of using pictures of a position in addition to giving oral instructions to achieve a specific position for anesthetizing the patients undergoing surgeries of the lower abdomen, pelvis and lower limb.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/08/056164
- Lead Sponsor
- Kaveri Madhu Chavan
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Patients under the category of ASA I (American Society of Anaesthesiologist) posted for elective surgery under subarachnoid block in lateral decubitus position.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patient refusal
2. Anticipated positioning difficulties
3. Audio-visual challenged patients
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare visual & verbal methods in positioning for Spinal anaesthesia (also called SAB) based on successful needle insertion which is calculated byTimepoint: Time taken for the SAB, that is from the time of positioning instructions delivered to the time the spinal drug is injected (around 60sec). <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare visual & verbal methods in positioning for SAB based on successful needle insertion which is calculated by <br/ ><br>3. Number of skin punctures. <br/ ><br>4. Number of people required to achieve successful SAB. <br/ ><br>5. Satisfaction score of performing anesthetist assessed on a numerical scale.Timepoint: Time after achieving the position till a successful block is administered ( 3 mins after completion of the block).