EFFECT OF THORACIC EPIDURAL BLOCK ON RECOVERY DURING PANCREATITIS
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- suffering from acute pancreatitis predicted to be severe in form
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2015/08/006106
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity College of Medical Sciences and GTB Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 20
Inclusion Criteria
Patients once diagnosed as acute pancreatitis by the surgeon will be enrolled in the study. Those with features predicting severe acute pancreatitis will be included in the study. The predictors for severe attack will include presence of SIRS on admission or 48 hours later; or presence of obesity; or clinical suspicion of severity; or Glasgow (Imrie) score or Ransonâ??s score of 3 or more, or Acute Physiology And Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II score greater than 8 within 48 hours after admission. All of these indicators have been previously established and are recommended to predict a severe attack.
Exclusion Criteria
Failure of epidural block or any contraindication to performance of epidural block.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Aggregate SOFA: calculated by summing the worst scores for each of the organ system during ICU stay.Timepoint: Aggregate SOFA: calculated by summing the worst scores for each of the organ system during ICU stay.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method duration of hospitalization, duration of ICU stay, need of mechanical ventilation and occurrence of in-hospital mortality, if any, will also be recorded.Timepoint: from admission to discharge from hospital as well as ICU.