Effect of height based spinal anaesthesia dose versus conventional dose on haemodynamics in orthopaedic lower limb surgeries in geriatrics: A randomized controlled trial
Phase 2
- Conditions
- Anaesthesia
- Registration Number
- PACTR202301868522124
- Lead Sponsor
- Cairo University Hospitals
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 56
Inclusion Criteria
Geriatric population (60-year-old and over)
ASA class I or II
Undergoing lower limb orthopaedic surgeries under spinal anaesthesia
Exclusion Criteria
Contraindications to spinal anaesthesia e.g., patient refusal, infection at the site of spinal anaesthesia, sepsis, hypovolaemia, coagulopathy, indeterminate
neurologic disease, increased intracranial pressure and autonomic neuropathy
Patient refusal
Short stature less than 150 cm
History of allergy to medications used and opioid abuse
Risk factors affecting blood pressure after spinal anaesthesia such as uncontrolled hypertension, chronic alcohol abuse, and major cardiac, renal or hepatic dysfunction
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method