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Ultrasound Guided Bilateral Pectoral Nerve Block Versus Bilateral Transverse Thoracic Plane Block In Pediatric Patients Undergoing Corrective Cardiac Surgeries Requiring Cardiopulmonary Bypass Via Median Sternotomy
Led by Cairo University · Updated on 2025-05-30
81
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
65 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This randomized, double-blinded, study aims to compare the efficacy of intraoperative and postoperative pain control while using bilateral ultrasound guided the pectoral nerves (PECS) versus transversus thoracic muscle plane block (TTPB) in pediatric patients undergoing corrective cardiac surgeries.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Ultrasound Guided Bilateral Pectoral Nerve Block Versus Bilateral Transverse Thoracic Plane Block In Pediatric Patients Undergoing Corrective Cardiac Surgeries Requiring Cardiopulmonary Bypass Via Median Sternotomy
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Age between 6 months and 7 years
- Both male and female genders
- Risk Adjustment for Congenital Heart Surgery (RACHS) score of II or III
- Undergoing cardiac surgery requiring cardiopulmonary bypass with midline sternotomy incision
You will not qualify if you...
- Parents or legal guardians refuse to participate
- Preoperative mechanical ventilation
- Coma, mental retardation, neurological disease, or use of drugs affecting behavior
- Preoperative infusion of inotropic drugs
- Bleeding disorders or coagulopathy (PTT > 40 seconds, INR > 1.4, platelet count < 100 x10^9)
- Known or suspected allergy to study drugs
- Severe pulmonary hypertension (mean pulmonary artery pressure > 70 mmHg)
- Cardiopulmonary bypass time over 90 minutes
- Local infection
- Significant renal impairment (creatinine > 1.2 mg/dl)
- Aortic cross-clamp time over 45 minutes
- Total time from induction to ICU transfer over 4 hours and 30 minutes
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt, 12613
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
M
Mai M Elfiky, Master
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
DOUBLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
3
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