analgesic effects of a drug in thoracic surgeries
Phase 2
- Conditions
- Acute pain.Acute pain
- Registration Number
- IRCT2014110210900N4
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice chancellor for research, Kerman University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Patients, who are admitted for thoracic surgery, age 20 to 65 year.
Exclusion criteria: pregnancy, history of allergy to pregabalin, history of treatment with pregabalin or gabapentin, history of chronic pain syndromes and painkiller consumption, addiction to alcohol or drugs, allergy to pethidine, psychiatric drug consumption, surgery lasting more than 4 hours, uncontrolled blood pressure, history of convulsion and the patients who had preoperative pain based on the visual analogue scale (VAS) had preoperative pain.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain. Timepoint: At the end of operation and transferring to recovery room, the score of pain is measured every 15 minutes for an hour and after transporting to ward, every 4 hours for 24 hours. Method of measurement: VISUAL ANALOGUE SCALE.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The dose of analgesic. Timepoint: during and after surgery. Method of measurement: recording the dose and frequency of administration.