Health Condition 1: - Health Condition 2: O- Medical and Surgical
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: spinal anaesthesia: spinal anaesthesia is given in lumbar space and the depth of the needle from skin to subarachnoid space is noted .
Sponsors
Bangalore medical college and research institute
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: ASA grade I/II patients posted for various elective surgeries under spinal anaesthesia in general, gynecology and obstetrics surgery unit.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Patients with known hypersensitivity/contraindication to study drugs. 2.Patients with coagulation disorders, infection at the site of spinal injection. 3.Patients with severe renal/hepatic/respiratory or cardiac disease. 4.Pregnant patients with hypertensive disorders/in patients where paramedian approach of spinal anaesthesia will be used. 5.Patients with neurological/psychiatric/neuromuscular disorders/spine anomaly. 6.associated medical illness with relative contraindication to spinal anaesthesia.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. correlation between subarachanoid space depth estimation by derived formula and the actual measurement at lumbar region in patients (males, females and pregnant women) undergoing spinal anesthesia. 2.validation of the formulas derived from the previous study by using sensitivity analysis in patients (males, females and pregnant women) undergoing spinal anesthesia.Timepoint: at baseline and immediate after giving spinal anaesthesia | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Derivation of appropriate formula for subarachanoid space depth calculation based on height, weight, BMI and BSA from the data obtained from this study.Timepoint: within 1 minute of giving spinal anesthesia n | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDR YATHISH S K
Bangalore medical college and research institute
Outcome results
None listed