Effect of intravenous dexamethasone on the pain reducing ability of single sided ultrasound guided quadratus lumborum block in laparoscopic kidney surgeries
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: N289- Disorder of kidney and ureter, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/07/034651
- Lead Sponsor
- Vimi Rewari
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
1. ASA Physical status of I - III
2. Age between 18-70
3. Patients undergoing elective laparoscopic renal surgeries
Exclusion Criteria
1. Chronic analgesic use
2. Patients unable to communicate or operate a PCA pump
3. Contraindications to a regional anaesthetic technique
4. Allergy to local anaesthetics
5. BMI >35
6. Diabetic mellitus
7. Patient refusal or no informed consent or both
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Total fentanyl consumption in the first 24 hours postoperatively as delivered by a PCA (Patient Controlled Analgesia) pumpTimepoint: 24 hours postoperatively
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Total intraop fentanyl requirement <br/ ><br>Time to activation of IV Fentanyl PCA pump postoperatively <br/ ><br>Postoperative pain at rest and on coughing as assessed by NRS at 30mins, 1hr, 2hrs, 4hrs, 8hrs, 12hrs and 24hrs postoperatively <br/ ><br>Incidence and severity of opioid - related adverse effects <br/ ><br>Requirement and dose of rescue analgesia <br/ ><br>Time to mobilisation to chair from T0(Time of arrival to PACU) <br/ ><br>Subjective sleep quality on the night of surgery <br/ ><br>QoR-40 score at 24 and 48 hrs postoperatively <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 30mins, 1hour, 2 hours, 4 hours, 8 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours and 48 hours postoperatively