A study to find out the number and factors contributing to displacement of a catheter based technique called epidural anesthesia in post surgery children.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and SurgicalHealth Condition 2: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/12/060571
- Lead Sponsor
- Jeeva Priscilla D M
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Children less than 12 years receiving epidural catheter for post operative analgesia.
Willing tom consent for study.
Exclusion Criteria
Not willing to consent.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To study the incidence of epidural catheter migration in children undergoing surgical procedures.Timepoint: The primary objective ( to find out incidence of epidural catheter migration) will be assessed at the end of the study.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method •To study the various factors influencing the migration in paediatric surgical population like <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br> 1.Weight or BMI of the child <br/ ><br> 2.Level of insertion of the catheter <br/ ><br> 3.Size of the needle & the catheter <br/ ><br> 4.Depth of the epidural space <br/ ><br> 5.Length of the catheter in the epidural space <br/ ><br> 6.Tunnelling of the catheter <br/ ><br> 7.Type of dressing used. <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>•To study the trend of migration – inward or outward <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>•To study the resulting complications due to migration of the epidural catheter. <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Timepoint: On the day of catheter insertion <br/ ><br>On the day of catheter removal <br/ ><br>On the day of dressing change ( if required)