Health Condition 1: null- paediatric patients posted for herniotomy
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Levobupivacaine: Levobupivacaine 0.25% for caudal analgesia for herniotomy
Control Intervention1: Bupivacaine: Bupivacaine 0.25% for caudal analgesia for herniotomy
Sponsors
Department of Anaesthesiology
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: American society of anaesthesiologists Class 1 and Class 2 Paediatric patients scheduled for elective herniotomy
Exclusion criteria
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
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| clinical efficacy of caudal blockade during surgery 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. residual motor blockade defined as motor block score of more than 1 at wake up and 180 minutes after caudal block | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 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 | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Poonam Jadhav
Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital
Outcome results
None listed