To compare the effect of Fentanyl and Dexmedetomidine when added to bupivacaine in Spinal Anaesthesia
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Elective Gynaecological Surgeries
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2013/06/003755
- Lead Sponsor
- Govt Medical College Trivandrum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
ASA I / II / III of ASA physical status classification.
Height 155 to 175 cm
Exclusion Criteria
Patients having drug allergy to local anaesthetics.
Those with anatomical abnormalities of the spine, peripheral neuropathy, bleeding disorders or anticoagulation therapy.
Patients with serious systemic illness, psychiatric illness, mental retardation.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Duration of analgesia in terms of time for onset of mild pain postoperatively visual analogue scale 4 and above or patient request for analgesiaTimepoint: Visual analogue scale assessed every 15 minutes till score reaches 4 and above or till the patient requests analgesia
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method eed of additional analgesicTimepoint: Intraoperative;Peak sensory level reachedTimepoint: Intraoperative;Sedation produced by the two groupsTimepoint: Intraoperative every 15 minutes;Time for onset of adequate level of analgesia ( T10 level assessed by bilateral pin prick )Timepoint: Intraoperative;Time taken for motor block to recede to BromageTimepoint: Intraoperative and Postoperative;â?¢ Incidence of complications including depression, nausea, vomiting, pruritus, hypotension, bradycardia, shivering between the two groupsTimepoint: Intraoperative and Postoperative;Haemodynamic profile of the two groupsTimepoint: every minute for the first 20 minutes and every two-minute for the next 20 minutes and every five minutes till the end of surgery and then every 10-15 minutes for three hours post operatively