Comparison of analgesic efficacy between programmed intermittent epidural bolus (PIEB) and continuous epidural infusion (CEI) of patient controlled thoracic epidural analgesia after upper abdominal surgery, a randomized controlled trial
Phase 4
- Conditions
- patient-controlled thoracic epidural analgesia after upper abdominal surgerypatient-controlled epidural analgesia, thoracic epidural analgesia, programmed intermittent bolus, abdominal surgery
- Registration Number
- TCTR20211021005
- Lead Sponsor
- Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- nknown
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 120
Inclusion Criteria
1. Scheduled for elective open upper abdominal surgery
2. General anesthesia combined with thoracic epidural anesthesia.
3. Age 18-65 years old
4. American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) Physical Status class 1-3
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients who refused to participate in the study.
2. Patients with contraindications and a history of allergy with drugs used in the study.
3. Patients who are contraindicated for epidural analgesia are:
4. Patients with neurologic disorder.
5. Patients with chronic pain
6. Inadequate epidural analgesia after surgery
7. Patients who are unable to use the patient-controlled epidural analgesia
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ocal anesthetic consumption 24 h postoperatively m
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain intensity every 6h during 60 hours postoperatively Numeric rating scale,Local anesthetic consumption 48 and 60 h postoperatively m