Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: American society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I and II Paediatric patients between 1 to 10 years age of either sex undergoing infra umbilical surgeries Parental consent Elective surgery
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Known allergy to study drugs, contraindications to study drugs. History of developmental delay and mental retardation Patients with cardiovascular diseases Patients with coagulopathies Signs of infection at the site of caudal block Skeletal deformities in the caudal region Parental refusal
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| compare the quality and duration of analgesia when dexmedetomidine and fentanyl are used as adjuvants to levobupivacaine for caudal analgesia in children of age group between 1 to 10 years for intra operative and post-operative analgesiaTimepoint: compare the time duration analgesia effects of dexmetomidine and fentanyl as adjuvants to levobupivacaine in caudal analgesia | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To study the incidence of adverse effects of dexmedetomidine and fentanyl as caudal adjuvantTimepoint: To study the incidence of adverse effects of dexmedetomidine and fentanyl as caudal adjuvant after few hours. | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Shri B M Patil Medical College