Which method of pain relief is most effective for chest drain removal in postoperative cardiac patients?

ISRCTN	ISRCTN36538293
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN36538293
Secondary identifying numbers	N0054119937

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Dr M Akrofi
Scientific

Department of Anaesthesia
The Cardiothoracic Centre
Liverpool NHS Trust
Thomas Drive
Liverpool
L14 3PE
United Kingdom

Phone	+44 (0)151 228 1616

Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design	Interventional
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)	Not specified
Study type	Not Specified
Scientific title
Study objectives	Which of the currently available methods (entonox, intravenous morphine, subcutaneous bupivacaine) used for the control of analgesia during chest drain removal is most effective?
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Signs and Symptoms: Pain
Intervention	Patients randomised to 50% entonox, 100 mcg/kg morphine and 0.5% bupivacaine.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure	1. Pain scores after chest drain removal assessed by the short form McGill questionnaire 2. Effect of anaesthetic agent on length of intensive care unit stay
Secondary outcome measures	Not provided at time of registration
Overall study start date	15/07/2002
Completion date	15/07/2003

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Not Specified
Sex	Not Specified
Target number of participants	66
Key inclusion criteria	66 patients receiving chest drain removal following major cardiac surgery.
Key exclusion criteria	Not provided at time of registration
Date of first enrolment	15/07/2002
Date of final enrolment	15/07/2003

Department of Anaesthesia

Liverpool
L14 3PE
United Kingdom

Department of Health (UK)
Government

Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom

Website	http://www.doh.gov.uk

Government

The Cardiothoracic Centre Liverpool NHS Trust (UK)

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Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
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Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	results	01/01/2005		Yes	No