Health Condition 1: null- ASA grade I & II
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Dr Varun Chauhan: Resident: will perform the spinal anesthesia and start sedative infusion.
Intervention2: midazolam infusion: started at 0.5mg/kg/hr,titrated to a Ramsay sedation score
Sponsors
Department of Anaesthesiolgy
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: ASA grade 1 & 2 patients weighing 40 to 80 kilograms Scheduled for either elective lower limb or lower abdominal surgical procedures, which were anticipated to complete within 2 hours, were included.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Patients with history of allergic reaction to the study drugs 2.those with significant cardiac , pulmonary, hepatic or renal dysfunction 3.Patients with history of psychiatric illness 4.Obese patients (BMI > 30 kg/m2) 5.Hypertensive patients 6.Patients with head injury 7.Those with history of chronic use of sedative drugs, full stomach patients, pregnant patients and epileptic patients were excluded from the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1.To study the duration of amnesia following the administration of the three amnestic agents. 2.To investigate duration and extend of retrograde amnesia and anterograde amnesia 3.To investigate the dose response relationship of amnesia with the various agents. Timepoint: 30 June 2016 | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1.To investigate the level of patient satisfaction with the sedative amnestic agent. 2.To investigate the time to recovery with equisedative doses of the various agents. 3.To investigate the incidence of untoward events with each agent 4.To determine strategies to reduce intraoperative awareness ( prevent explicit recall) Timepoint: post operative day 1 | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Varun Chauhan
Thesis guide
Outcome results
None listed