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A study to compare the effectiveness of injecting drug bupivacaine versus bupivacaine plus dexmedetomidine in the skin of head to reduce the rise in blood pressure and heart rate during head surgeries

Not Applicable
Conditions
Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
Registration Number
CTRI/2023/03/050630
Lead Sponsor
PGIMS Rohtak
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

Patients belonging to American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I, II & III, scheduled to undergo craniotomy for tumor, aneurysm, tuberculoma, to remove epileptic focus etc. and who are able to understand the study protocol will be included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

The patients who

ï?¬History of hypertension, diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease

ï?¬Local anaesthetic allergy

ï?¬Allergy to dexmedetomidine

ï?¬are not willing to give consent

will be excluded from the study.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To compare the efficacy of scalp infiltration of bupivacaine and bupivacaine plus dexmedetomidine before skin incision and pin insertion on heart rate and mean arterial pressure.Timepoint: Heart rate and blood pressure will be recorded at Eight time points: <br/ ><br>1) At baseline after the induction of anesthesia; <br/ ><br>2) after pin insertion; <br/ ><br>3) after scalp incision; <br/ ><br>4) during dural opening <br/ ><br>5) during dural closure; <br/ ><br>6) during skin closure; <br/ ><br>7) on admission to the post aneasthesia care room (PACU); <br/ ><br>and 8) 2 h after admission to the PACU. <br/ ><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To observe side effects of the study drugs used.Timepoint: At any point of time intraoperatively and postoperatively
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