spinal anaesthesia at L3,4 interspace vs L5,S1 interspace

• Register: PACTR
• Last refreshed on: 29 April 2013
• Main ID: PACTR201109000311318
• Date of registration: 16/08/2011
• Primary sponsor: aga khan university hospital,nairobi
• Public title: spinal anaesthesia at L3,4 interspace vs L5,S1 interspace
• Scientific title: A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL COMPARING HAEMODYNAMIC STABILITY IN ELDERLY PATIENTS UNDERGOING SPINAL ANESTHESIA AT L5,S1 VERSUS SPINAL ANESTHESIA AT L3,4
• Date of first enrolment: 2011-10-03
• Target sample size: 32
• Recruitment status: Not yet recruiting
• URL: HTTP://www.pactr.org/ATMWeb/appmanager/atm/atmregistry?da=true&tno=PACTR201109000311318
• Study type: interventional
• Study design: Parallel: different groups receive different interventions at same time during study,; Randomised,; simple randomisation using a computer generated sequence of numbers(table),; sealed opaque envelopes,

Countries of recruitment

South Africa

Contacts

• Name: Karen Mbaya

• Name: Thikra Shariff
• Affiliation: supervisor

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All patients scheduled for transurethral resection of the prostate under spinal anaesthesia during the period 1 October 2011 to 31 December 2011 will be eligible. All ASA I - III patients,above 60yrs scheduled for surgery under spinal anaesthesia during this period.
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patient refusal to participate
2. Contraindication to spinal anaesthesia
a. coagulopathy b. hypovolemia/shock c. increased intracranial pressure d. sepsis e. infection at the puncture site
3. Severe cardiac disease graded as NYHA III - IV

Age minimum: 60 Year
Age maximum: 100 Year
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

post spinal anaesthesia hypotension

Primary Outcome(s)

to compare the proportion of hypotension between elderly patients who undergo spinal anaesthesia at L3,4 and those who undergo spinal anaesthesia at L5,S1

Source(s) of Monetary Support

aga khan university hospital,nairobi