Predicting the success of ultrasound guided anaesthesia to upper limb using an perfusion index
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: 4- Measurement and Monitoring
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/01/017187
- Lead Sponsor
- Kasturba Medical College and Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
ASA I
Age group- 18 to 65
Patients posted for upper limb surgeries
Exclusion Criteria
Patient refusal
Infection over the site of needle insertion
History of allergy to local anaesthetics
Bleeding disorder
ASA physical status 2 and above
Patient on beta blockers
Active infection at site of injection
Diabeties/vascular disease
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To determine the perfusion index (PI) and PI ratio as predictors of successful supraclavicular brachial plexus blockTimepoint: From the time of giving block to 30mins after the block is been given
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To determine the trend of PI once peripheral nerve block has been administered <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>To determine best cut off value of PI for detection of block efficacy <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>To determine the correlation between the PI values and the degree of block (assessing the sensory and motor blockade) <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Timepoint: From the time of giving block to 30mins after the block is been given