Effect of Dexamethasone in epidural anesthesia with Bupivacaine
Phase 2
- Conditions
- Inguinal hernia.Unilateral or unspecified inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene
- Registration Number
- IRCT2012062910137N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Kashan University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 44
Inclusion Criteria
Patients aged 30-70 years; ASA class I-II; Candidates for unilateral inguinal herniorrhaphy. Exclusion criteria: Complicated inguinal hernia (Incarcerated, strangulated and so on); History of peptic ulcer disease; Any contraindication for epidural anesthesia (beck fusion, coagulopathy, local infection, inability to give appropriate position); Failure to achieve epidural analgesia; Obese and diabetic patients, and patients who had received corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drugs in the last 6 months, or if they had contraindication to corticosteroids; Any contraindication for corticosteroid administration; Patient refusal for epidural anesthesia.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Onset of anesthesia. Timepoint: Every 30 seconds, after intervention. Method of measurement: Pinprick test.;Duration of analgesia. Timepoint: Every 1 minute, after intervention. Method of measurement: Pain perception by the patient.;Pain intensity. Timepoint: Just after starting pain. Method of measurement: Visual analogue scale.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ausea. Timepoint: In 1st hour after intervention. Method of measurement: Patient observation.;Vomiting. Timepoint: In 1st hour after intervention. Method of measurement: Patient observation.