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Regional blocks for pain management in paediatric cardiac surgery

Phase 4
Conditions
Health Condition 1: O- Medical and SurgicalHealth Condition 2: O- Medical and Surgical
Registration Number
CTRI/2024/01/061849
Lead Sponsor
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Science and Technology, Trivandrum
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

All children with congenital heart disease, between 2 to 18 years old with sinus

rhythm, undergoing elective congenital heart surgery requiring median

sternotomy and cardiopulmonary bypass

Exclusion Criteria

1)Emergency surgeries,

2)Chest wall and vertebral deformities

3)Subjects having known contraindication/allergy to local anaesthetics

4) Signs of coagulopathy

5) Infection at site of planned block

6) Severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To compare the postoperative pain in <br/ ><br>paediatric cardiac surgeries done through a median sternotomy, in those <br/ ><br>patients receiving either ultrasound guided Erector Spinae block or <br/ ><br>ultrasound guided Tranversus thoracic plane blockTimepoint: Upto 12 hours post extubation
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To compare intraoperative and postoperative analgesic requirement,duration of mechanical ventilation, postoperative lung complications and <br/ ><br>duration of ICU stay and to study the procedure related <br/ ><br>complications.Timepoint: Upto 12 hours post extubation
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