Can Latency of Action in Infraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block be Shortened With Warmed Bupivacaine?

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2017-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Brachial plexus blocks have some advantages, but also have some disadvantages as well. As with all nerve blocks, having to wait sometime for an effective block, sometimes failure to achieve an adequate block and possible requirement for isolated nerve block, having to wait a long time for resolution of the block, and immobilization of the extremity for some time can be seen as handicaps for brachial plexus block as well. In the present study, Study was aimed to compare the effects of bupivacaine warmed to body temperature and kept at room temperature on the onset time of ultrasound guided infraclavicular brachial plexus block.

• Phase: Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Erzurum Palandöken State Hospital
• Treatments: Bupivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients aged between 18 and 65 years

2. American society of anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classification systems I/II and III

3. Candidate for surgical operations on any of the forearm, wrist and hand regions.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Neurological and neuromuscular disorders,

2. Psychiatric problems

3. Cardiopulmonary diseases

4. Coagulopathy

5. Infections

6. Sllergy to local anesthetic agents.