A Study to Help Doctors Know in Advance If Spinal Anesthesia Will Be Challenging

Predicting score for difficult subarachnoid block - NIL

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2025/04/084519

Enrollment

250

Registered

2025-04-09

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-28

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Subarachnoid block: A clinical scoring system will be used to assess and predict the likelihood of difficulty in performing subarachnoid block in adult patients. This includes pre-anest

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All posted for routine elective surgery

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Pregnancy age less than 18

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Correlation between predicted difficulty score and actual difficulty experienced during subarachnoid blockTimepoint: Predicted score: Pre-procedure (before spinal anesthesia) Actual difficulty assessment: Intra-procedure (during spinal anesthesia)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Secondary outcomes include the number of attempts, time taken, need to change intervertebral space or anaesthesiologistTimepoint: These will be recorded during & with in one hour after the spinal anesthesia procedure.	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactSharmila borkar

Goa Medical college

drsharmila_borkar@yahoo.com9922851257

Outcome results