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Assessing the effect of clonidine(antihypertensive drug) in reducing the increase in heart rate and blood pressure during electroconvulsive therapy

Not Applicable
Conditions
Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
Registration Number
CTRI/2021/10/037481
Lead Sponsor
Vigneshwaran S
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

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

patients undergoing modified ECT belonging to ASA class 1 and 2

Exclusion Criteria

Patients belonging to ASA class 3 and 4,

patients with ischemic heart disease, cardiac arrythmias, uncontrolled hypertension, history of stroke within one year, renal and hepatic dysfunction

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To determine the efficacy of premedication with intravenous clonidine in attenuating hemodynamic response ( Heart rate, Systolic, diastolic and mean blood pressures)Timepoint: baseline (just before premedication), just before induction of anesthesia, just before administration of ECT, and post ECT at 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 15, 20, 30, 45 minutes and at 1, 1.5 and 2 hours
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To determine the efficacy of premedication with intravenous clonidine in the prevention of post ECT agitation using Richmond agitation - sedation scaleTimepoint: Post ECT every 5 minutes upto 1 hour and then every 15 minutes during second hour
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