Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Clonidine: Clonidine , an α2 agonist will be used as an adjuant with bupivacaine in epidural anaesthesia in lower abdominal and lower limb surgeries. Postoperatively a single bonus do
Sponsors
Goa Medical College and Hospital ,Bambolim
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: ASA grade 1 & 2 patients,undergoing lower abdominal and lower limb surgeries. Patients giving consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients having hypersensitivity to study drugs. Patients who are known cases of angina, cardiac failure, arrhythmias. Drug abusers. Patients having psychiatric or neurological illness
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Comparison of post operative analgesic efficacy of epidural clonidine with bupivacaine and buprenorphine with bupivacaine. Timepoint: vitals and pain scores monitored at 5 minutes,10 minutes,15 minutes,30 minutes,45 minutes and 60 minutes of administration of the study drugs followed by hourly monitoring till 6 hours followed by 6 hourly monitoring till 24 hours. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Adverse effects of epidural clonidine and buprenorphine.Timepoint: Percentage of incidence of adverse effects in each groups. | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Viraj Namshikar
Goa University
Outcome results
None listed