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Ketamine for pain relief via different routes in children aged 2-6years.

A comparative study of intravenous ketamine plus caudal bupivacaine to caudal bupivacaine plus ketamine for postoperative analgesia in children undergoing inguinal hernia surgeries

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2023/07/055105
Enrollment
70
Registered
2023-07-12
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-07-25

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical

Interventions

Intervention1: Comparision of caudal vs intravenous effect of ketamine in children: 35 patients undergoing inguinal hernia surgeries who will receive caudal block with 0.25% bupivacaine 0.5ml/kg and s

Sponsors

Indira Gandhi medical college and hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The study will be carried out in 70 patients in age group of 2years- 6years. ASA I and ASA II after approval by institutional protocol review committee.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1.Refusal for consent by parents/ guardian. 2.Children with cardiovascular diseases. 3. Any history of bleeding or clotting disorder. 4. Local infection at the site of needle insertion. 5. History of allergy to local anaesthetics of ketamine. 6. Children with coagulopathy, pilonidal sinus or local site infections.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To compare duration of prospective pain free period in paediatric patients following administration of subanaesthetic doses of intravenous ketamibe plus caudal bupivacaine to caudal bupivacaine plus ketamineTimepoint: 24hrs

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Secondary outcome in form of postoperative agitation, sedation etc.Timepoint: 24hrs;To evaluate requirement of rescue analgesia postoperativelyTimepoint: 24hrs;To measure the duration of pain free period & amount of analgesic consumption in first 24hrs postoperativelyTimepoint: 24hrs

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Manoj kumar panwar

Indira Gandhi medical college and hospital

drmkpanwar@gmail.com7018199854

Outcome results

None listed

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