Open AccessA randomised study comparing the extent of block produced by spinal column height and body weight-based formulae for paediatric caudal analgesia
Author(s) -
Sonali Kaushal,
Surinder Singh,
Anupam Sharma
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/ija.ija_824_19
Subject(s) - medicine , bupivacaine , anesthesia , body weight , spinal anesthesia , block (permutation group theory) , surgery , analysis of variance , mathematics , geometry
Height and weight-based formulae are used for calculation of dose of medications for caudal analgesia but these have not been compared. We compared spinal column height-based Spiegel and weight-based Takasaki and Armitage formulae for achieving maximum height of sensory neuraxial block after caudal epidural analgesia in paediatric patients.