Comparison of two different methods for pain relief, namely Serratus Anterior Plane Block and Caudal Epidural, in pediatric patients undergoing heart surgery
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- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/04/042075
- Lead Sponsor
- PGIMER Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Pediatric patients aged between 6 months to 7 years
2. Pediatric patients undergoing surgery requiring thoracotomy e.g., PDA ligation, coarctation of aorta, lung resection surgery etc.
3. ASA I or II
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patient on anticoagulation or bleeding disorder
2. Contraindications for Regional Anesthesia - Local site infection, allergy to local anesthetics, consent refusal
3. Preoperative lung consolidation, mechanical ventilation, severe LV dysfunction or, anticipated need for postoperative mechanical ventilation more than 6-8hrs
4. Pre-Existing severe renal or hepatic insufficiency
5. Patients requiring sternotomy for their surgery
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Total analgesic requirement in 24hrs. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 24hrs <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. To compare the amount of intraoperative analgesic and anesthetic requirement <br/ ><br>2. To compare post-operative pain by using FLACC scale <br/ ><br>3. To compare time to 1st rescue analgesia <br/ ><br>4. To compare the safety of interventions by assessing critical events such as hypotension, bradycardia, and respiratory depression.Timepoint: 24hrs