Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
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
| Measure | Time 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
| Measure | Time 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
Indira Gandhi medical college and hospital