Comparison of pain relief and Safety of Continuous Epidural medication versus Local Infiltration and intravenous medicines in video assisted Decortication in children with Empyema
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- PAEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH EMPYEMA
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/07/008968
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Anaesthesia Seth GS medical college KEM hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
Patients in the age group one to twelve years posted for VATS decortication for empyema thoracis
Exclusion Criteria
Patients with contraindications for regional anaesthesia i.e., local sepsis at the site of insertion, coagulopathy, severe valvular heart disease, patient/parental refusal, and known allergy to local anesthetic agents
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The analgesic efficacy will be assessed using the FLACC scale for preverbal childreni.e.1 – 3years and the Wong Baker Faces scale for more than 3 years of age.Timepoint: The pain scores will be assessed at interval of 4 hours on the first day and at interval of 6 hours on the second day
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method SAFETY. Side effects like motor blockade, nausea and vomiting, constipation, urinary retention, respiratory depression, toxicity of local anaesthetics, pruritus, infection at catheter site, etc will be looked for.Timepoint: The side effects will be assessed at interval of 4 hours on the first day and at interval of 6 hours on the second day