Sedation During Spinal Anesthesia

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2020-03-07
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Male

Summary

Patients during spinal anesthesia should be sedated.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Assiut University
• Treatments: Dexmedetomidine; Ketamine; Midazolam

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Male patients aged from 18 to 40 years old undergoing elective unilateral inguinal hernia repair with no neurological, cardiovascular and hepato-renal abnormalities.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Age: younger than 18 or older than 40.

• Psychatric or neurological disorders.

• Cardiovascular disorders.

• Coagulation disorders.

• Contraindications to neuraxial block (allergy to L.A, peripheral neuropathy, prior spine surgery).