Pain Management in children undergoing Hernia repair
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- paediatric patients posted for herniotomy
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2014/06/004679
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Anaesthesiology
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Closed to Recruitment of Participants
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
American society of anaesthesiologists Class 1 and Class 2
Paediatric patients scheduled for elective herniotomy
Exclusion Criteria
history of previous surgeries requiring handling of spinal cord
neurological disorder
cardiac disorder
local infection
pre existing bleeding disorder
hypersensitivity to any drugs
sacral abnormalities
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method clinical efficacy of caudal blockade during surgery <br/ ><br>residual motor blockadeTimepoint: caudal block efficacy is absence of gross motor movents or more than 20% change in heart rate and respiratory rate on application of forcep after 15 minutes following caudal block. <br/ ><br>residual motor blockade defined as motor block score of more than 1 at wake up and 180 minutes after caudal block
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method duration of analgesiaTimepoint: 15 minutes for first hour postoperatively and then half hourly for next two hours;pain scoresTimepoint: 15 minutes for first hour postoperatively and then half hourly for next two hours;requirement of rescue analgesiaTimepoint: rescue analgesia when pain score of more than 4