Role of transcutaneous nerve stimulation at external ear for pain relief and haemodynamic stability of heart surgery patient
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: I089- Rheumatic multiple valve disease,unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/05/025464
- Lead Sponsor
- SGPGIMS Lucknow
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Post sternotomy cardiac surgery patients divided in three groups for pain relief.One group will act as control and pain management will be done as per institutional protocol. Second group will have two arms. one active arm will be given auricular TENS therapy and the placebo arm will have sham TENS therapy. The Pain will be evaluated with established pain scoring systems and the pain relief medications will be given on the patient responce as per protocol. The haemodynamic effects will be noted in all the three groups
Exclusion Criteria
Ejection Fraction less than 50 percent
diabetes
hypertension
any pain syndrome
refusal to take part in study
ear infection or deformation
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method