A Study Comparing Two Nerve Block Techniques Used to Reduce Pain among Patients with Thigh Bone Fracture While Being Positioned for Spinal Anaesthesia
Phase 4
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: 3- Administration
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/07/034977
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Anirudh Pai P
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
Patients belonging to Americal Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status I, II and III.
All patients undergoing surgery for proximal femur fracture under spinal anaesthesia.
Exclusion Criteria
Patient refusal.
Subjects with allergy to the drugs involved in the study.
Contraindications to central neuraxial anaesthesia.
Infection at the site of block.
Use of analgesics 8 hours prior to the administration of the block.
Subjects with peripheral sensorineural deficits.
Patients with poor cognitive function which might lead to difficulties in assessing pain scores.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Time taken for sensory blockade after administration of the blockTimepoint: At baseline, 1 minute, 3 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes and 15 minutes.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Ease for subarachnoid block measures according to the time taken as well as number of attempts of needle insertion.Timepoint: Time measured starting from positioning of the patient for subarachnoid block till drug injection is completed.;Hemodynamic parametersTimepoint: Recorded upon arrival to the premedication area, followed by 1, 3, 5 and 10 minutes after nerve block administration.;Pain score is assessed using the Numerical Pain Rating ScaleTimepoint: Pain score will be measured upon arrival of the patient to the premedication area, followed by 1, 3, 5 and 10 minutes after the block administration. Pain score will be assessed again while positioning the patient for subarachnoid block.;Patient satisfaction score measured as per 5-point Likert scaleTimepoint: Measured after the subarachnoid block has been given.