Acute Pancreatitis
Conditions
Keywords
epidural anesthesia, pain management, microcirculation
Brief summary
Acute pancreatitis is a common urgency with a mortality rate of up to 30% , decreased blood flow in the pancreatic microcirculation. It seems to be the main cause of the pathophysiology of acute pancreatitis. Today, there have been many attempts in the management of pancreatitis but no established management seems to be ideal. The epidural block is an anesthetic technique used to provide highly peri and post-operative analgesia, also plays an important role in improving the gastrointestinal vascular perfusion (due to sympathetic blockade that this technique produces) so this anesthetic technique is proposed as an alternative to both clinical treatment as an analgesic for acute pancreatitis.
Detailed description
The main objective of the study is to evaluate the therapeutic effects of epidural block in patients with acute pancreatitis, comparing day hospital stay among patients receiving intravenous analgesic treatment and patients who are undergoing epidural block. It is a (prospective, comparative, longitudinal, experimental, randomized) controlled clinical trial. They include patients who are diagnosed with acute pancreatitis at the Naval General Hospital of High Specialty. Two groups were taken by random assignment.
Interventions
DRUGEpidural anesthesia
Epidural anesthesia placed at L1-L2 Epidural infusion of ropivacaine 0.2% + 3-4 mcg/ml fentanyl + saline 0.9% (100 ML) 3-5ml/ hr during 120 hours
ketorolac 1mg/kg every 8 hours or metamizol 15 mg/kg every 8 hrs and intravenous opioids (buprenorphine 3 mcg / kg or tramadol 1mg/ kg in continuos infusion
Sponsors
Hospital General Naval de Alta Especialidad - Escuela Medico Naval
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. Patients with acute pancreatitis 2. Patients who agree to participate in the study
Exclusion criteria
1. Patients who do not agree to participate in the study 2. Patients who experience any absolute contraindication to epidural block 3. Patients with platelet counts below 80,000 mcl 4. Patients with data gastrointestinal or urinary bleeding
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hospital days stay between two groups | 10-15 days | Day hospital stay were compared between the analgesic management with epidural and intravenous analgesic management |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Efficacy of Epidural pain control | 24, 48, 72, 96,120 hours | Measured by pain scales the effectiveness of epidural use as an analgesic in acute pancreatitis |
| Decreased pancreatic enzymes | 24,48,72,96,120 hours post dose | Recording every 24 hours of laboratory values, these values decreased observing and evaluating the clinical status of the patient |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Complications associated by the epidural catheter | 24,48,72,96, 120 hours post epidural block | Complications by epidural catheter placement |
Countries
Mexico
Contacts
Primary ContactAurora Guadalupe Ruiz Sandoval, Anesthesia
Backup ContactLuis Gerardo Motta Amezquita, Anesthesia
Outcome results
None listed