Comparison of efficacy between two Local anesthetic drugs[0.25 % BUPIVACAINE and 0.25% LEVOBUPIVACAINE] for caudal anesthesia in pediatric patients for below umbilical surgeries
Phase 3
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: Z768- Persons encountering health services in other specified circumstances
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/01/048753
- Lead Sponsor
- Jaisima Balaji S
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Patients posted for elective infraumbilical surgeries.
Age between 2 years to 8 years of either sex.
Weight between 9 to 35kg.
Anticipated duration of surgery <60 minutes.
ASA grade Ð? or â?¡.
Exclusion Criteria
Emergency surgeries.
Known hypersensitivity to amide local anaesthetics.
History of active neurological, cardiac, respiratory and renal diseases.
Blood dyscrasia, clotting disorders and platelet count <100000 mm3.
Patients with cutaneous infections or anatomical malformation of the spine.
Patients not willing to participate in the study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Duration of analgesiaTimepoint: pain score by FLACC score for every 15minutes in the first hour and every 30minutes for next hour
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare the duration of motor blockade between 0.25%bupivacaine and 0.25%levobupivacaineTimepoint: duration of motor blockade by MODIFIED BROMAGE SCALE for every 15minutes in the first hour and every 30minutes for next hour;To compare the hemodynamic parameters between 0.25%bupivacaine and 0.25% levobupivacaineTimepoint: Pulse rate,Blood pressure and oxygen saturation from baseline to every 3minutes for 15minutes and every 5minutes for 30minutes and every 30 minutes fot 120 minutes;To compare the incidence of adverse effects between 0.25%bupivacaine and 0.25% levobupivacaineTimepoint: Number of adverse effects in the perioperative period