Effects of Continuous Versus Single Dose Spinal Anesthesia in Octagenerians Undergoing Hip Surgery

Launched by AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY · Jun 10, 2022

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METHODOLOGY:

Patients and Method. Type of Study: Randomized controlled clinical trial. Approval will be obtained from the research ethics committee of Faculty of Medicine; Ain Shams University and a written informed consent will be taken from each patient to participate in the study. Study Setting: Ain-shams University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt. Study Period: 6 months from approval of medical ethics committee. Sample Size: Based on the study of continuous spinal Anestheisa by Vincent M, Olivier F, and David G, 2006 assuming a rate of hypotension attacks (20% of the baseline blood pressure) o...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Either sex
• • 80 to 89 years of age
• • undergoing hip surgery
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Patient refusal of procedure or participation in the study.
• • Cardiac patients diagnosed with sever Aortic stenosis defined by echo as AVA (aortic valve area) \< 1cm and MPG (mean pressure gradient ) \>40mmHg.
• • Patients with hemodynamic instability.
• • Preexisting infection at the block site.
• • Allergy to local anesthetics.
• • Psychiatric illness.
• • Increased intracranial tension.
• • Patients with coagulopathy problems.