Presternal Bupivacaine Plus Magnesium Sulfate Infusion After Cardiac Surgery
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2017-01-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Effective pain relief after cardiac surgery has assumed importance with the introduction of
fast track discharge protocols that requires early weaning from mechanical ventilation.
Inadequate pain control reduces the capacity to cough, mobility, increases the frequency of
atelectasis, and prolongs recovery. Infiltration of local anesthetics near the surgical wound
has shown to improve early postoperative pain in various surgical procedures.
Magnesium is the fourth most plentiful cation in our body. It has antinociceptive effects in
animal and human models of pain.