Health Condition 1: S299- Unspecified injury of thorax
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Costotransverse foramen block (CTFB): The level of CTFB will be decided as per the site of injury. The level of thoracic transverse process will be identified based on anatomical landma
Sponsors
Dr Chitta Ranjan Mohanty
Department of Trauma and Emergency
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: I. All patients >=18 years of age of either gender with chest trauma and pain with a pain score of NRS >=5 at presentation. II. Patient presents within 72 hours of injury. III. Patients who are willing to give informed written consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: I. Any infection at the proposed site of injection. II. Significant subcutaneous emphysema which obscures sonographic visualization of underlying anatomical structures. III. Patients who have known allergies to local anesthetic agents IV. Any painful distracting injury. V. Patients with known coagulopathy VI. Significant hypotension/shock (SBP
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary outcome measure will be pain reduction on intervention in terms of Numerical rating scale (NRS) score after performing the ESPB or CTFB blockTimepoint: 20 minutes after performing the block. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The secondary outcome measure will be the time of onset & duration of analgesia as well as the success rate of block in either group.Timepoint: 10 minutes,20 minutes, 60 minutes & at the time of disposition of the patient from the emergency department | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Aditya Vikram Prusty
All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar
Outcome results
None listed