Initial Local Anesthetic Dose With Continuous Interscalene Analgesia

Completed 36 enrolled Corewell Health East Beaumont Foundation of America · collab

RandomizedParallel-groupTriple-blindTreatment

Summary

Objective: To determine a minimally effective initial local anesthetic bolus required to provide satisfactory analgesia using continuous brachial plexus infusion following arthroscopic shoulder surgery using a double-blind, randomized, study comparing 3 initial doses.

Timeline

Start: 2009-01
Primary completion: 2010-02
Completion: 2010-08

Publications

Results Hartrick CT, Tang YS, Siwek D, Murray R, Hunstad D, Smith G. The effect of initial local anesthetic dose with continuous interscalene analgesia on postoperative pain and diaphragmatic function in patients undergoing arthroscopic shoulder surgery: a double-blind, randomized controlled trial. BMC Anesthesiol. 2012 Mar 23;12:6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2253-12-6.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Comparator	Ropivacaine	Other / unclassified	5 ml	Other
Comparator	Ropivacaine	Other / unclassified	10 ml	Other
Comparator	Ropivacaine	Other / unclassified	20 ml	Other

Indications

No indication recorded.