Analgesic Efficacy of Ultrasound Guided Bilateral Erector Spinae Plane Block in Pediatric.

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2020-11-15
• Target enrollment: 100
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This randomized, double-blinded, study aims to compare the efficacy of analgesia and any side effects of U/S guided bilateralErector SpinaePlane block versus the traditional fentanyl infusionin paediatric patients undergoing corrective cardiac surgeries.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Cairo University
• Treatments: Fentanyl

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age:2 months-2years.

• ASA, American Society of Anesthesiology, II and III .

• Patients undergoing corrective cardiac surgeries with midline sternotomy incision.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients whose parents or legal guardians refusing to participate.

• Preoperative mechanical ventilation.

• Preoperative inotropic drug infusion.

• Known or suspected coagulopathy.

• Any congenital anomalies of the sacrum/the vertebral column or any infection at the site of injection.

• Known or suspected allergy to any of the studied drugs.

• Elevated liver enzymes more than the normal values.

• Renal function impairment (Creatinine value more than 1.2 mg/dl or BUN more than 20mg/dl).