A trial to study whether dexmedetomidine, a new anaesthetic drug added to local anaesthetic ropivacaine for blocking nerves supplying upper limb improves the quality of anaesthesia.
Phase 4
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- In patients undergoing upper limb orthopedic surgery
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2013/11/004174
- Lead Sponsor
- IZAMS INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES HYDERABAD
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Closed to Recruitment of Participants
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
•Patients undergoing upperlimb orthopedic surgery under supraclavicular brachial plexus block and general anaesthesia.
•Age more than 18 years.
•ASA physical status 1&2
Exclusion Criteria
•Patients receiving adrenoreceptor agonist or antagonist therapy;
•those with a history of cardiac, respiratory, hepatic,or renal failure;
•patients with head injury and known psychiatric disordes
• and pregnant women were excluded.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method