To study the effect of Hydroxyethyl-starch in caudal block analgesia in children undergoing surgery below umbilicus
Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/06/034195
- Lead Sponsor
- AIIMS NEW DELHI
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1.Age 2 to 10 years.
2.Undergoing infraumbilical surgeries.
3.ASA I and ASA II category patients.
4.All those parents or legal guardians giving consent
Exclusion Criteria
1.Patient or guardian refusal.
2.Patients with history of coagulation disorder.
3.Infection at the puncture site.
4.Pre-existing neurological disease.
5.Known allergy to the local anaesthetic or hydroxyethyl starch.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To study the duration of analgesia from completion of caudal block upto the first requirement of analgesics postoperativelyTimepoint: Patient will be assessed in post anaesthesia care unit at following time intervals for pain - 0 min, 30 min, 1 hr, 2 hr, 3 hr, 4 hr and 6 hr. Analgesia in the form of fentanyl 0.5 mcg/kg will be given on verbal complaint of pain or when FLACC/VAS score of pain is more than 3.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method