Health Condition 1: null- healthy parturients
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: clonidine: 50mcg clonidine or 75mcg clonidine are used intrathecally with hyperbaric bupivacaine and duration of postoperative analgesia compared
Control Intervention1: fentanyl: 25mcg
Sponsors
Lady Hardinge Medical College Associated Shrimati Sucheta Kriplani Hospital
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 105 healthy parturients (ASA physical status I and II) carrying a singleton fetus at term, scheduled to undergo elective lower segment caesarean section under spinal anaesthesia
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: who refused spinal anaesthesia, had any contraindication to regional anaesthesia, had fetal distress, preterm gestation, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, multiple pregnancy, weighed more than 90 kg, were less than 140 cm or more than 170 cm in height, had any major co-morbidity or if they were unable to communicate in either english or hindi language
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Duration of postoperative analgesiaTimepoint: the time from intrathecal injection of the drug to the time when patient first requests analgesia in the postoperative period | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Heart rate, Systolic Blood Pressure, Diastolic Blood Pressure, Mean Arterial Blood Pressure,Onset and duration of sensory block and motor blockade, Level of sedation, Quality of surgical anaesthesia, Supplemental drug and vasopressor requirement, Side effects, Umbilical artery blood gas analysis and neonatal Apgar scoreTimepoint: Time from giving spinal to time when Hollmen scale 3 was achieved at T6 level as onset of sensory block Time from giving spinal to time Bromage scale 4 was achieved as onset of motor block Apgar at 1 min and at 5 min Maternal sedation every 15 min Duration of sensory block as time from IT injection to time till regression below T12 Duration of motor blockade as time from IT injection to time till Bromage scale reaches 1 | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public Contactranju singh
Outcome results
None listed