Ultrasound guided regional anaesthesia: an audit of practice

Ultrasound guided regional anaesthesia: an audit of practice. That the use of ultrasound to guide needle placement during nerve block insertion improves the success of the procedure and reduces complications

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12605000671662

Acronym

N/A

Enrollment

400

Registered

2005-10-21

Start date

2005-06-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

N/A

Interventions

The audit proposes to confirm the utliity and efficacy of ultrasound guided regional anaesthesia in our population of patients and in addition to document the complication rates associated with ultrasound guided nerve blocks

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

0 to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1) patient requiring local anaesthetic procedure as determined by their proposed operation or need for post-op pain control.

Exclusion criteria

1) patient refusal/inability to consent, no age limits2) allergy LA documented3) existing neurological disorders/neuropathy4) infection at site of needle puncture.

Outcome results