Analgesic effect of two nerve block techniques in patients with chest injury
Phase 3
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: S299- Unspecified injury of thorax
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/08/056163
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Chitta Ranjan Mohanty
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
I. All patients >=18 years of age of either gender with chest trauma and pain with a pain score of NRS >=5 at presentation.
II. Patient presents within 72 hours of injury.
III. Patients who are willing to give informed written consent.
Exclusion Criteria
I.Any infection at the proposed site of injection.
II.Significant subcutaneous emphysema which obscures sonographic visualization of underlying anatomical structures.
III.Patients who have known allergies to local anesthetic agents
IV.Any painful distracting injury.
V.Patients with known coagulopathy
VI.Significant hypotension/shock (SBP <90 mm Hg)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary outcome measure will be pain reduction on intervention in terms of Numerical rating scale (NRS) score after performing the ESPB or CTFB blockTimepoint: 20 minutes after performing the block.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The secondary outcome measure will be the time of onset & duration of analgesia as well as the success rate of block in either group.Timepoint: 10 minutes,20 minutes, 60 minutes & at the time of disposition of the patient from the emergency department