Status:

COMPLETED

Ketorolac-an Option for Post Operative Pain Management After Elective Cardiac Surgery.

Lead Sponsor:

National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Pakistan

Conditions:

Coronary Artery Disease

Post Operative Pain

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of Ketorolac versus Paracetamol as an adjunct to Nalbuphine in the management of post-operative pain following elective cardiac surgery...

Detailed Description

DATA COLLECTION: Computer randomization was done for the numbers 1 to 60, having 50% probability of being in either of two groups: Ketorolac (treatment) or Paracetamol (control). After randomizing ea...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Males and females between 18 years and above of age.
  • Undergoing elective cardiac surgery.
  • American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) Physical Class 3 or 4.

Exclusion

  • • Patients pre-planned for delayed extubation (due to moderate to severe pulmonary artery hypertension, poor right ventricular function, rhythm disturbances or unstable vitals)
  • Low cardiac output (cardiac index \< 2.0 l/min/m2, using transesophageal echocardiography, intraoperatively) after weaning off cardiopulmonary bypass or paitients already having pre-op ejection fraction \< 30%.
  • Patients not comfortably ventilated or oxygenated, requiring high doses of sedation and neuromuscular blockage.
  • Sensitivity or allergy to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
  • History of peptic ulcer or gastrointestinal bleeding.
  • Serum creatinine = 2.0 mg/dl or increase in serum creatinine of = 0.5 mg/dl or 25% within the preceding 10 days.
  • Hepatic dysfunction.
  • Bleeding disorder.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 6 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

60 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05361824

Start Date

January 1 2021

End Date

July 6 2021

Last Update

September 30 2022

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National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases

Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan