Do bupivacaine and ketamine give superior analgesis compared to bupivacaine alone when used in a caudal epidural in children undergoing umbilical hernia repair?
Completed
- Conditions
- Pain managementSurgeryUmbilical hernia
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN74484781
- Lead Sponsor
- Record provided by the NHS Trusts Clinical Trials Register - Department of Health (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
30 Study, 30 controls. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) I & II children undergoing umbilical hernia repair as day cases at the Homerton and Royal London Hospitals.
Exclusion Criteria
Does not match inclusion criteria
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain evaluation (Visual Analogue Scale [VAS] 'Oucher' Hanhallah Objective Pain Score) depending on age of the child.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ot provided at time of registration