Efficacy of Regional Anaesthesia in a Dedicated Service: A Retrospective Comparison of Supervised Trainees and Consultant Anaesthetists

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• Conditions: Acute pain; Anaesthesiology - Anaesthetics

• Registration Number: ACTRN12619001064190
• Lead Sponsor: Dr Adrian Chin

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2019-07-31
• Last Update Posted: 26 August 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1800

Inclusion Criteria

All patients entered in to regional anaesthesia audit database at the Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital

Exclusion Criteria

Patients not receiving regional anaesthesia procedures (e.g. vascular access or epidural blood patch).
Patients who did not go to the Post-Anaesthesia Care Unit (PACU) (for example, patients who were cared for in the intensive care unit) – and thus did not have a pain score recorded.
Patients receiving a regional anaesthesia procedure from both a consultant anaesthetist and a supervised trainee.
Patients receiving multiple regional anaesthesia procedures on more than one anatomical region (i.e. lower limb, upper limb, trunk, neuraxial/paravertebral)
Postoperative or rescue” regional anaesthesia procedures.
Patients where it is unclear who performed the procedure.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified