Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Nil: Nil
Sponsors
Dr Pratiksha Prakash Shet
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patient willing to provide informed consent. Patients undergoing caesarean section surgery under spinal anaesthesia. Age 18years- 40 years. American socicty of anaesthesiologists (ASA) physical status 2
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patient not willing to provide informed consent. Preoperative temperature more than 38 C or less than 36 C Body mass index (BMI) more than 40 kg/m2. Patients who are on drugs that could affect thermoregulation (antidepressants, antipsychotics, antihistamines, diuretics etc). Pre-existing peripheral vascular disease, autonomic dysfunction, psychiatric illness, chronic pain disorder, hemodynamically unstable patients.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To determine whether a baseline perfusion index can predict shivering after spinal anaesthesia for patients undergoing caesarean section.Timepoint: To determine whether a baseline perfusion index can predict shivering after spinal anaesthesia for patients undergoing caesarean section till 120mins after the first incision. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Post anaesthetic shivering will be assessed according to Crossley and Mahajan scaleTimepoint: 120mins post 1st incision | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Deepak R
ESIC medical College and PGIMSR
Outcome results
None listed