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comparing two different postoperative analgesic methods-epidural technique versus a combination of analgesic methods

Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Medical and Surgical,
Registration Number
CTRI/2021/12/039016
Lead Sponsor
Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences
Brief Summary

A double-blinded, prospective study with hundred patients will be divided randomly into two groups of fifty each: Group E will be given epidural analgesia, Group M will be given multimodal analgesia for their post-laparotomy period. Both the groups will be monitored for 48 hours postoperatively. The parameters recorded will be blood pressure, pulse rate, saturation, visual analog scale for pain scores every hour. Whenever the visual analog score crosses 4, patients will be given rescue analgesic. The total number of rescue analgesics required in both groups will be recorded for 48 hours postoperatively.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Not Yet Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
100
Inclusion Criteria

ASA I & II PATIENTS SURGERY DURATION WITHIN 4 HOURS.

Exclusion Criteria

KNOWN ALLERGY/HYPERSENSITIVITY TO DRUGS USED LOCAL SKIN SITE INFECTION COAGULOPATHY PRE-EXISTING ACUTE/CHRONIC PAIN PREVIOUS ABDOMINAL SURGERIES PATIENTS WITH SIGNIFICANT CARDIAC, PULMONARY, HEPATIC DISEASES.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1)To estimate the time of request of first rescue analgesic48 hours
2) To estimate the total dose of rescue analgesic consumed in the early postoperative period48 hours
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To estimate the incidence of hypotension, nausea and vomiting48 hours

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

major operation theaSri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences

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Pondicherry, PONDICHERRY, India

major operation theaSri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences
🇮🇳Pondicherry, PONDICHERRY, India
ANUSHA A
Principal investigator
9003517979
anushaambal@gmail.com

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