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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">4246</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url">http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2021.132305</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>A Randomized Comparative Clinical Trial to Know the Efficacy of Ultrasound-Guided Transversus Abdominis Plane Block Against Multimodal Analgesia for Postoperative Analgesia Following Caesarean Section&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>P</surname><given-names>Manoj K</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>D</surname><given-names>Pratibha S</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>K</surname><given-names>Shivanand L</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>G</surname><given-names>Talikoti D</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>1</day><month>12</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>3)</volume><issue/><fpage>26</fpage><lpage>31</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Introduction: Transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block as a regional technique that appeared in anaesthesia literature in 2001, is applied as a segment of multimodal pain regimen in abdominal surgeries like caesarean sections. Ultrasonography (USG)- guided TAP Block provides accurate visualization of underlying structures. Our study aimed to compare the efficacy of ultrasound-guided Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) block using 0.25% bupivacaine versus parenteral multimodal analgesia in postoperative caesarean section. Aims: To study __ampersandsignbull; Reduction of the additional Rescue analgesia 24 hours following caesarean section. __ampersandsignbull; Duration of analgesia, patient satisfaction, adverse effects like- PONV and sedation. Methods: A total of 60 patients with American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status II and III, aged __ampersandsigngt; 18yrs were posted for elective caesarean section were allocated into two groups (n=30). Group, I received a Bilateral TAP Block with 15ml of 0.25% Bupivacaine on each side. Group II received multimodal analgesia according to the Obstetric department protocol. The intensity of pain by Visual Analogue Pain Scale (VAS) Score was assessed, mean duration of analgesia and mean dose of rescue analgesia were recorded. Results: The Visual Analogue Scale scores at 8, 12 and 24 hours in Group I were 1.1__ampersandsignplusmn;1.47, 0.93__ampersandsignplusmn;1.31 and 0.3__ampersandsignplusmn;0.75 and in group II were 3.67__ampersandsignplusmn;1.06, 4.73__ampersandsignplusmn;0.94 and 5.27__ampersandsignplusmn;0.78, respectively. The mean time to first rescue analgesia was statistically significant in Group I 535.27 __ampersandsignplusmn; 118.542 compared to Group II 186.6 __ampersandsignplusmn; 67.6 min. The mean dose of rescue analgesia required over 24 hours was significantly lower in group I with 17.2__ampersandsignplusmn;10.4mg, whereas in group II 28.9__ampersandsignplusmn;24.2 mg. Conclusion: We conclude TAP block is more effective when performed under ultrasound guidance. It provides effective analgesia with reduced rescue analgesic requirement for 24 hours following surgery, with a prolonged duration of analgesia&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Dr. Pratibha S D</kwd><kwd> H No-13 behind KHB Colony Sadashiv Nagar Sholapur road Vijayapur</kwd><kwd> Karnataka</kwd><kwd> India.</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
