Comparison of Pain relief in patients with thoractimies post operatively using erector spinae and epidural block.
Conditions
Sponsors
Combined Military Hospital Rawalpindi
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
25 Years to 75 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All male and Female patients between ages 25-75 years Presenting in operating room for thoracotomies
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with metastatic disease Major cardiac or respiratory disease Low ejection fraction Post chemotherapy Allergy to lignocaine or bupivacaine Patients with advanced polytrauma causing haemodynamic instability Patients with oxygen saturation less than 92 percent Patients unwilling to be included in trial
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Median pain scores, Mean time to first rescue analgesia, total dose of intravenous analgesia needed in 24 hours, patient satisfaction for pain relief. Timepoint: Median pain scores at 1, 3,6, 12 and 24 hours, total intravenous analgesia needed in 24 hours after intervention, patient satifaction score 24 hours after intervention. Method of measurement: Visual analogue Score, patient satisfaction score on a 7 point likert scale. Total dose of analgesia in milligram. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Nausea/Vomiting, hypotension and sedation. Timepoint: 24 hours after intervention. Method of measurement: Number of episodes of vomiting,Manometry, GCS. | — |
Countries
Pakistan
Contacts
Public ContactAli Raza
National University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed