Transverse Thoracic Plane Block in the Pediatric Cardiac Patient
- Conditions
- Congenital Heart DiseasePain, Acute
- Interventions
- Other: Transverse Thoracic Plane Block
- Registration Number
- NCT04138745
- Lead Sponsor
- Ochsner Health System
- Brief Summary
Postoperative pain after cardiothoracic surgery can be a significant problem interfering with recovery, yet difficult to manage due to the sedating effects of opiates. These patients frequently have associated postoperative pulmonary changes and are at risk of respiratory depression with opioid analgesia. The ultrasound-guided transversus thoracic muscle plane block (TTMPB) is a recently described regional anesthetic technique showing improvements in postoperative pain management. Further investigation is needed to establish the potential of the TTMPB as an analgesic modality in congenital cardiothoracic surgery in patients under the age of 18.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 200
- Congenital Heart Surgery
- Over 18
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Experimental Transverse Thoracic Plane Block After the practice change of TTP was initiated, the future pediatric patients were put into a database.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Extubation 2 years The amount of time until the patients are extubated in the ICU or OR.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Surgical Stress Response 2 years HR response to incision
Opiate Usage 2 years Amount of total opiates used for the heart surgery
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Ochsner Health System
🇺🇸New Orleans, Louisiana, United States