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Ketamine for pain relief via different routes in children aged 2-6years.

Phase 4
Conditions
Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
Registration Number
CTRI/2023/07/055105
Lead Sponsor
Indira Gandhi medical college and hospital
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

The study will be carried out in 70 patients in age group of 2years- 6years. ASA I and ASA II after approval by institutional protocol review committee.

Exclusion Criteria

1.Refusal for consent by parents/ guardian.

2.Children with cardiovascular diseases.

3. Any history of bleeding or clotting disorder.

4. Local infection at the site of needle insertion.

5. History of allergy to local anaesthetics of ketamine.

6. Children with coagulopathy, pilonidal sinus or local site infections.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To compare duration of prospective pain free period in paediatric patients following administration of subanaesthetic doses of intravenous ketamibe plus caudal bupivacaine to caudal bupivacaine plus ketamineTimepoint: 24hrs
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Secondary outcome in form of postoperative agitation, sedation etc.Timepoint: 24hrs;To evaluate requirement of rescue analgesia postoperativelyTimepoint: 24hrs;To measure the duration of pain free period & amount of analgesic consumption in first 24hrs postoperativelyTimepoint: 24hrs
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