Study the effect of Dexamethasone as adjuvant to regional block of upper extremity surgery.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: S00-T88- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/05/018960
- Lead Sponsor
- Manivannan Pachiappan
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patients Posted for Upper extremity elective surgery
2. American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status class I-II
4. Age group : 18-60 years
5. BMI < 35 kg/m2
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patient refusal
2. Pregnancy
3. Surgical procedure duration of 180 minutes or longer
4. Severe respiratory disease
5. Chest or shoulder deformities operating side
6. Preexisting neurological deficit or neuropathy
7. Allergy to local anesthetics or dexamethasone
8. Local skin infection
9. Coagulopathy, Bleeding diathesis
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Onset, peak and Duration of sensory blockTimepoint: Sensory block will be assessed every 5mins upto 30 minutes <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Onset, Peak and Duration of motor block <br/ ><br>2. Cumulative Postoperative analgesic usage in first 24 hours <br/ ><br>3. 24th hour VAS <br/ ><br>4. Recording of complications if any (nausea, vomiting, bleeding, technical failureâ?¦..) <br/ ><br>Timepoint: motor block will be assessed every 5mins up to 30 minutes <br/ ><br>