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Role of perfusion index in reliably predicting effective caudal anesthesia

Role of perfusion index in caudal anesthesia

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2017/09/009731
Enrollment
100
Registered
2017-09-12
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-09-16

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: null- patients coming for routine elective surgery

Interventions

Intervention1: patients coming for routine elective surgery: perfusion index as displayed on monitor will be observed at various time interval after giving caudal anesthesia for analgesia Control Inte

Sponsors

Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: routine elective surgeries ASA 1 & 2 patients Weight 5 - 20 kgs

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: emergency surgeries surgery with significant blood loss

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
to evaluate role of perfusion index in predicting accuracy of caudal anesthesiaTimepoint: 1 minute interval for 20 minutes, then at 5 minute interval till the end of surgery

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
to correlate perfusion index with incidence of hypotension, if anyTimepoint: at the time of incidence of hypotension

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Saurav Shekhar

Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences

sauravshekhar99@gmail.com9308921568

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026