Effect of intravenous versus perineural dexamethasone on random blood sugar in patients receiving brachial plexus block
Phase 2
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/09/057703
- Lead Sponsor
- Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical sciences and Research
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1.Patients in class ASA I and II
2.Surgery planned under supraclavicular block
3.Non-Diabetic Patients
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patient refusal
2. Infection at the site of injection
3. Contraindications to brachial plexus block
4. Hypersensitivity to any drug used in study
5. Pregnancy
6. Patient on anticoagulants
7. Patient on chronic/acute steroid therapy
8. Perioperative dextrose infusions
9. HbA1c >5.5
10. Weight of the patient <40kgs and >100kgs
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Difference in blood sugar levels at baseline & after four hours of administration of <br/ ><br>dexamethasone by the perineural and intravenous routeTimepoint: Before performing supraclavicular brachial plexus block then at 4hrs.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Blood sugar levels at 2,4,8 & 24 hours after dexamethasone administration. <br/ ><br>Duration of analgesia of the three groups <br/ ><br>Requirement of rescue analgesia in the three groupsTimepoint: Before performing supraclavicular brachial plexus block then at 2,4,8 & 24 hours