Surgery Post Operative Pain Management after Gynaecology Surgery Post Operative Pain Management after Gynaecology Surgery
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: This will include women scheduled for major gynaecology surgery who are • 19yrs of age to 64 years of age • to undergo a major gynaecology procedure under spinal anaesthesia with or without epidural anaesthesia and with estimated duration of surgery not more than 3 hours. • Patients with normal renal and liver function test
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: This will include participants scheduled for major gynaecology surgery who are • 18years old and below and above 64year of age. • Having the surgery under general anaesthesia. • With history of prolonged use of opioid analgesics e.g. sickle cell patients, patients with neuropathy etc • Diagnosed or being managed for cancers or malignancies • With history of adverse reactions to local anaesthetics, pentazocine, nefopam and diclofenac • With deranged liver or kidney function test or coagulopathy • Visually impaired
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary outcome measure will be the pain scores of the participant on Nefopam or Pentazocine in a multimodal analgesia after major gynaecology surgery | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The adverse effects observed for either of the study drugs group e.g. nausea, vomiting, shivering, tachycardia, hypotension, respiratory depression, sweating etc. associated with the medication;The effects of either of the study drugs on the patients’ hemodynamics which include the Respiratory Rate, Heart Rate, Systolic and Disastolic Blood Pressure and Oxygen Saturation in room air.;The total dose of rescue analgesia consumed for those that have pain score more than 5 before being due for the next dose of study analgesics;The overall level of satisfaction with the management of post operative pain after the surgery | — |
Countries
Nigeria
Contacts
Resident Doctor and Principal Investigator