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Usefulness of Lidocaine in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeries Under General Anesthesia for Pain Control After Operation

Phase 4
Completed
Conditions
Pain, Postoperative
Interventions
Drug: Placebo
Registration Number
NCT03479320
Lead Sponsor
B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences
Brief Summary

This will be a randomized double blinded clinical study conducted in patients undergoing oral and maxillofacial surgery under general anesthesia. Lidocaine group will receive intravenous bolus 1.5 mg/kg at induction followed by continuous infusion of 2 mg/kg/hr until the completion of surgery.Normal saline group will receive same amount of intravenous normal saline .The primary outcome will be postoperative pain using the NRS scale during first 24 hours and time to first analgesic request

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
40
Inclusion Criteria
  • Adult patients 18-60 years of age
  • Patients of ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists) Class I or Class II (I- healthy with no systemic disease, II- mild systemic disease with no functional limitation) who require oral and maxillofacial surgeries under general anesthesia
Exclusion Criteria
  • Refusal to give consent.
  • Hypersensitivity or allergy to the study medication.
  • ASA physical status III or more.
  • Subjects with known severe hepatic or renal dysfunction or cardiac dysrhythmia or atrioventricular block.
  • History of taking opioids or antiarrhythmic drugs within 1 week of surgery.
  • History of drug or alcohol abuse
  • History of psychiatric disorders.
  • Patients requiring emergency surgery.
  • Patients unable to comprehend pain assessment

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Lidocaine groupLidocaineLidocaine group will receive intravenous bolus 1.5 mg/kg at induction followed by continuous infusion of 2 mg/kg/hr until the completion of surgery
PlaceboPlaceboThey will receive the same volume of 0.9% of normal saline as calculated for the experimental group
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Postoperative Numeric Rating Scale(NRS)24 hours

Pain at rest and with cough or movement using the NRS scale, which ranges from 0 to 10; where 0 refers to no pain and 10 refers to most severe pain

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Total opioid consumption24 hours

Total morphine or morphine equivalent in milligram

Time to first analgesic request24 hours

Time to first analgesic (ketorolac) request (time counted after skin closure)

Side effects24 hours

Number of patients with light headedness, sedation, nausea, vomiting will be documented

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences

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Dharān Bāzār, Nepal

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