Health Condition 1: O269- Pregnancy related conditions, unspecified
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: 5%lidocaine medicated plaster: A 5% lidocaine medicated plaster will be placed at the site of neuroaxial block soon after the removal of spinal needle.
Control Intervention1: Placebo pa
Sponsors
Institute of Medical SciencesBHUVaranasi
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients having the following 2 or more risk factors:- Old age (more than 50yrs) Prolonged diabetes mellitus ( more than 5yrs) Obesity (BMI more than 30kg/m2 ) Decreased space between 2 spinous processes Decreased cervical movements
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with cardiac insufficiency Patients with liver insufficiency Patients with kidney insufficiency Patients in sepsis Patients with local anesthetic systemic toxicity Patients given epidural analgesia along with spinal anesthesia
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1)Time of onset of post spinal low backache with use of locally medicated plaster 2) Quality of analgesia achieved with the medicated plasterTimepoint: Every 2hrs on POD-1 Every 4hrs on POD-2 Every 6hrs on POD-3 to POD-7 | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1)Incidence of post spinal acute low backache 2) Incidence of post spinal chronic low backache 3) Adverse effects of medicated plasters (if any)Timepoint: 1st week , 1st month , 6th month | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Badri Prasad Das
Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU, Varanasi
Outcome results
None listed