Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Local anesthesia with 1.5 ml Injection 0.25% Bupivacaine: The surgeon gives the study drug infiltration at the incision site 10 minutes before the surgical incision.
Control Interventi
Sponsors
Rajarajeswari Medical College and Hospital
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Children belonging to ASA physical status I aged between 3-8 years. 2. Elective herniotomy
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Children requiring ketamine, glycopyrrolate, atropine, muscle relaxants, reversal agents 2. Children with fever and recent upper respiratory tract infection 3. Children with cardiac dysrhythmias, neurological diseases, renal, hepatic disease 4. Children with contraindications to regional analgesia (Caudal)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Primary outcome is adequacy of intraoperative analgesia which is measured by Analgesia Nociceptive index (values between 50 to70 denotes adequate analgesia) Timepoint: Measured every 5 minutes till the end of surgery. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. To evaluate the clinical performance of Analgesia nociceptive Index in the assessment of immediate postoperative analgesia in pediatric patients who have undergone hernia surgeries under general anaesthesia.Timepoint: intaoperative and immediate post operative period for 2 hours | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactSowmya Madihalli Janardhan Iyengar
Rajarajeswari Medical College
Outcome results
None listed