Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Not Applicable: Not Applicable
Control Intervention1: Not Applicable: Not Applicable
Sponsors
Kasturba Medical College and Hospital
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.Paediatric patients undergoing infra umbilical surgeries under general anaesthesia without endotracheal intubation 2.Age 3 - 10 years 3.American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) status I and II.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Guardian refusal to consent. 2.Patients with developmental delay, intellectual disability, behavioural disorders, cardiac diseases. 3.Contraindication for caudal block (infection at site of block, bleeding diathesis, pre-existing spinal disease, abnormalities of sacrum) 4.Pre-operative agitation (difficult to separate from parents despite midazolam premedication) 5.Potential difficult airway 6.Additional iv analgesic requirement intra operatively after caudal administration.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Incidence of emergence agitationTimepoint: PAED score at immediate post extubation, 5 min, 10min, 15 min, 30 min, 45 min and 60 min post extubation | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1.Time to emergence 2.Post operative pain relief 3.Sedation 4. Side ffectsTimepoint: PAED score at immediate post extubation, 5 min, 10min, 15 min, 30 min, 45 min & 60 min after extubation | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactPriya G D Mello
Kasturba Medical College and Hospital
Outcome results
None listed