Serratus Anterior Plane Block in Pediatric Patients

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2021-06-20
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The aim of this work is to study the efficacy of ultrasound guided serratus anterior plane block in pediatric patients undergoing thoracic surgeries.

It is a randomized controlled trial.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Cairo University
• Treatments: Fentanyl

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age: 6 months-3 years.

• American Society of anesthesiology (ASA) I and II.

• Pediatric patients undergoing thoracic surgeries (with anterior thoracotomy incision).

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients whose parents or legal guardians refusing to participate.

• Preoperative mechanical ventilation.

• Known or suspected coagulopathy.

• Infection at the site of injection.

• Known or suspected allergy to any of the studied drugs.

• Elevated liver enzymes more than the normal values.

• Procedures with anticipated significant hemodynamic stability.

• Renal function impairment (Creatinine value more than 1.2mg/dl or blood urea nitrogen (BUN) more than 20mg/dl).