N/A
N=364
Effectiveness of Epidural Anesthesia for Thoracic and Abdominal Surgery
Analgesia Disorder · Anesthetic Complication Epidural · Adverse Reaction to Epidural Anesthesia
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02315261 ↗Enrolled (actual)
364
Serious AEs
11.5%
Results posted
Nov 2018
Primary outcome: Primary: Number of Patients Reporting Postoperative Verbal Rating Scale Pain at Rest More Than 7 — 89 Participants
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Observational
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Elective Thoracic and Abdominal Surgery Patients (Procedure)
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- Siriraj Hospital
- Primary completion
- Feb 2016
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Number of Patients Reporting Postoperative Verbal Rating Scale Pain at Rest More Than 7 |
89 | — |
| SECONDARY Number of Patients Requiring Rescue Analgesic Medication |
50 | — |
| SECONDARY Duration Retaining Epidural Catheter |
55.8 | — |
| SECONDARY All Adverse Effects and Postoperative Complications. |
100; 28; 5; 3 | — |
Summary
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the epidural analgesia in patients having elective thoracic and abdominal surgery under general anesthesia combined with epidural analgesia in Siriraj Hospital.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- patients aged more than 18 years old scheduled to have thoracic or abdominal surgery under general anesthesia combined with epidural analgesia in Siriraj hospital
Exclusion Criteria
- inability to communicate or inform pain score
- cesarean section or labor analgesia
- additional analgesic techniques (spinal analgesia, paravertebral nerve block, intercostal block, transversus abdominis plane block, rectus sheath block, ilioinguinal block, iliohypogastric block
- emergency surgery
- fail epidural block after test dose of local anesthetics
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02315261). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.