• Am J Emerg Med · Jan 2023

    Randomized Controlled Trial

    Ultrasound-guided selective peripheral nerve block compared with the sub-dissociative dose of ketamine for analgesia in patients with extremity injuries: An open-label randomized clinical trial.

    • Chitta Ranjan Mohanty, Jithin Jacob Varghese, Ritesh Panda, Sangeeta Sahoo, Tushar Subhadarshan Mishra, Rakesh Vadakkethil Radhakrishnan, Nitish Topno, Upendra Hansda, Ijas Muhammed Shaji, and Shri Hari Priya Behera.
    • Department of Trauma and Emergency, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Electronic address: drchitta8@gmail.com.
    • Am J Emerg Med. 2023 Jan 1; 63: 9410194-101.

    Study ObjectiveTo compare the analgesic efficacy of ultrasound-guided selective peripheral nerve block (PNB) and sub-dissociative dose ketamine (SDK) for management of acute pain in patients with extremity injuries presenting to the emergency department (ED).MethodsThis prospective, open-label randomized clinical trial was conducted in the ED of a tertiary care Institute. The patients were provided with either ultrasound-guided selective PNB or SDK. The primary outcome was a reduction in pain in numerical rating scale (NRS) by at least 3 points without rescue analgesia. The secondary outcomes were the need for rescue analgesia, adverse events, and patient satisfaction on either arm.ResultsA total of 111 patients with isolated traumatic extremity injuries were included in the final analysis. The NRS score was significantly lower in the PNB group compared to the SDK group at 30, 60,120, 180-, and 240-min post-intervention [group ∼ time interaction, F (5, 647) = 21.53, p ≤ 0.001]. All the patients in the PNB group exhibited primary outcome (NRS ≥3 reductions) at 30 min post-intervention compared with 36 (65%) in the SDK group [-1.02(-1.422,0.622)]. Rescue analgesia was required in 10 (18%) patients in the SDK group compared to none in the PNB group [0.663(0.277,1.050)]. The decrease in NRS score from baseline at 30 min was significantly higher in PNB groups compared to the SDK group [-2.166(-2.640, -1.692)]. The most common side effect reported in the SDK group was dizziness 35(64%), followed by nausea 15(27%). None of the patients in the PNB group reported any complications. Patient satisfaction was higher in the PNB group than SDK group.ConclusionThe study provides evidence that ultrasound-guided PNB is superior to SDK in terms of its analgesic efficacy in the management of acute pain due to extremity injuries and is associated with higher patient satisfaction. The need for rescue analgesia was significantly less in the PNB group. SDK was associated with a high incidence of dizziness and nausea.Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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