Ketamine Reduces Tourniquet Pain In Patients Undergoing Lower Limb Surgery Under Spinal Anaesthesia

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2018-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

A prospective, double blind, randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effect of ketamine in reducing tourniquet pain for patients undergoing lower limb surgery under spinal anaesthesia.

Secondary Objective To evaluate the effect of ketamine in attenuating TIH for patients undergoing lower limb surgery under spinal anaesthesia.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Dr Foo Li Lian
• Treatments: Ketamine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• 1. ASA I or II 2. Age between 18-65 years old undergoing lower limb surgeries under spinal anaesthesia with pneumatic tourniquet inflation time more than 60 minutes

Exclusion Criteria:

• 1. Allergic to ketamine 2. Patients who have any degree of heart block, cardiovascular diseases, uncontrolled hypertension, severe peripheral vascular disease, sickle cell disease, diabetes neuropathy, deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, liver and renal impairment.