Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02948920
Single Bolus Intravenous Ephedrine Attenuates Reduction of Core Body Temperature in Patients Undergoing Spinal Anesthesia for Arthroscopic Knee and Ankle Surgery
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 40 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Ramathibodi Hospital · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 70 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
A prospective double-blinded randomized controlled study to determine efficacy of ephedrine in preserving core temperature in patients under neuraxial spinal anesthesia for knee and ankle arthroscopic surgery.
Detailed description
To determine the effect of ephedrine on preserving core temperature (tympanic) when given at finishing of local anesthetic administration for spinal neuraxial anesthesia comparing to normal saline (120 minutes period)
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DRUG | Ephedrine | 9 mg of ephedrine (3 ml) |
| DRUG | NSS | 3 ml of normal saline |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2016-09-22
- Primary completion
- 2017-07-27
- Completion
- 2017-07-27
- First posted
- 2016-10-31
- Last updated
- 2018-10-09
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Thailand
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02948920. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.