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Presternal Local Analgesia for Postoperative Pain Relief After Open Heart Surgery
Effective pain relief after cardiac surgery has assumed importance with the introduction of fast track discharge protocols that requires early weaning from mechanical ventilation. Inadequate pain control reduces the capacity to cough, mobility, increases the frequency of atelectasis, and prolongs recovery. Infiltration of local anesthetics near the surgical wound has shown to improve early postoperative pain in various surgical procedures. Magnesium is the fourth most plentiful cation in our body. It has antinociceptive effects in animal and human models of pain.
Details
| Lead sponsor | Assiut University |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | COMPLETED |
| Enrolment | 40 |
| Start date | 2015-02 |
| Completion | 2017-02 |
Conditions
- Postoperative Pain
Interventions
- Bupivacaine magnesium
- Bupivacaine only
Primary outcomes
- postoperative pain — 2 days
assessing VAS scale
Countries
Egypt