None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
This study was aimed at interventions that help reduce haemodynamic disturbences during Electroconvulsiive therapy under general Anaesthesia..Study hypothesis was that dexmedetomidine is effective for controllong haemodynamic disturbances following ECT procedure without significantly prolonging the emergence from anaesthesia.. Study was divided into three groups: C,D and M. . Group C included subjects not pretreated with any medicine. Group D: injection dexmedetomidine 0.5 µg/kg diluted in10 ml NaCl intravenously infused over 10 min starting 10 min before induction of anaesthesia. and Group M: injection Metoprolol 1mg diluted in 10 ml NaCl infused in 2 min duration during preoxygenation..
Interventions
All patients undergoing ECT at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Siialkot were enrolled in this prospective study, by convenient sampling method and were divided into three groups. Group D: injection dexmedetomidine 0.5 µg/kg diluted in10 ml NaCl intravenously infused over 10 min starting 10 minutes before induction of anaesthesia and Group M: injection Metoprolol 1mg diluted in 10 ml NaCl infused over 2 minutes during preoxygenation.
Sponsors
Khalid Mahmood
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Prevention
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Subject, Caregiver, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Adults undergoing Electroconvulsive therapy for any psychiatric issue
Exclusion criteria
Children, people in the geriatric range, women who were pregnant, obese people, and people who had known systemic illnesses or allergies were not included.
Outcome results
None listed