comparing two different postoperative analgesic methods-epidural technique versus a combination of analgesic methods
- 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
ASA I & II PATIENTS SURGERY DURATION WITHIN 4 HOURS.
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
Name Time Method 1)To estimate the time of request of first rescue analgesic 48 hours 2) To estimate the total dose of rescue analgesic consumed in the early postoperative period 48 hours
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To estimate the incidence of hypotension, nausea and vomiting 48 hours
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
major operation theaSri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences
🇮🇳Pondicherry, PONDICHERRY, India
major operation theaSri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences🇮🇳Pondicherry, PONDICHERRY, IndiaANUSHA APrincipal investigator9003517979anushaambal@gmail.com