Adding Dexmedetomidine and Ketamine to Epidural Anesthesia for Lower Urinary Tract Surgeries

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Analgesia; Urological and Genital Diseases; Surgery

• Registration Number: PACTR201611001854225
• Lead Sponsor: Cairo faculty of medicine

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-11-07
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

ASA I-II physical status.
Age 6 months - 3 years
Both sexes
Scheduled for major pelvi-abdominal surgeries.

Exclusion Criteria

parent refusal
local infection at puncture site
history of allergy or hypersensitivity to local anesthetics
history of allergy,intolerance, or reaction to dexmetedomedine
bleeding diathesis
pre-existing neurological or spinal diseases
pre-existing skeletal deformities
children with uncorrected cardiac lesions and children with heart block
liver or renal impairment.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
CHIPP Score

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Hemodynamic parameters;Number of patients receiving Fentanyl analgesia intra-operative.;Sedation score;Duration of Analgesia;Duration of motor block;side effects