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Cephalic Spread of Block With Head Down Tilt in Spinal Anaesthesia - A Randomised Controlled Study

NCT03491319 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2018-04-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Subarachnoid block has become an established and reliable method of providing anaesthesia for lower abdominal and lower limb surgeries. Several factors determine the spread of local anaesthetic solutions in CSF. Among them, patient position is an important determining factor. Anesthesiologists give various degrees of head down tilt which they believe is both safe for the patient and will result in adequate level of block. Often these are arbitrarily done by the operator as most of the operation theatre tables are not equipped with any device to measure the accurate degree of tilt. As there is no agreement on the effect of Trendelenberg position on height of subarachnoid block, the current clinical study will be undertaken to estimate the effect of operation theatre table tilt at the time of lumbar puncture on the height of subarachnoid block.

Conditions

  • Head-Down Tilt Following Spinal Anesthesia

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Group X - head low tilt

spinal anaesthesia was given with table in neutral positon. 10 degree head low position was maintained for 10 minutes following spinal anaesthesia

PROCEDURE

Group Y - head low tilt

the table was put in 10 degree head low position before proceeding to give spinal anaesthesia. Head low position was maintained for 10 minutes following spinal

PROCEDURE

Group C - neutral

spinal anaesthesia was given with table in neutral positon. Patient was maintained in supine position for 10 minutes following spinal anaesthesia

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Nitte University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sripada Mehandale, MBBS, MD · Associate Professor

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-10-01
Primary Completion
2017-01-31
Completion
2017-01-31

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