To compare if dexamethasone is superior to dexamethasone when added to a block solution for providing regional anaesthesia via supraclavicular block in upper limb orthopedic surgeries
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: S50-S59- Injuries to the elbow and forearm
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/05/052472
- Lead Sponsor
- B.J. Medical College and Sassoon HoSpital, Pune
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patients with ASA grade I and II
2. Both sexes
3. Age group between 18-60 years
4. Elective orthopaedic upper limb Surgical procedures
5. Surgeries of expected duration of 45mins to 120 minutes
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients who refused to give consent to the study
2. A documented sensitivity to the drug in past
3. Patients with bleeding diathesis and coagulopathy
4. Age < 18 years and > 60 years
5. ASA grading III and IV
6. Patient on anti-hypertensive, anxiolytics and anti-epileptic
7. Pregnancy
8. Morbidly obese
9. Patients for emergency procedures
10. Patients with Neurological and Psychiatric Illness
11. Patients with underlying cardiac, hepatic and renal disease
12. Local site infections
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Onset of sensory and motor blockade <br/ ><br>2. Duration of sensory and motor blockade <br/ ><br>3. Effectiveness of Dexamethasone and tramadol as an adjuvant using PI <br/ ><br>4. Quality of analgesia in both groups <br/ ><br>5. Duration of post operative analgesia <br/ ><br>6. Side effects and complications if any to use of tramadol and dexamethasoneTimepoint: 1.Onset and duration of sensory as well as motor analgesia at induction and every 5 mins after that till 30 mins and every 15 after that. <br/ ><br>2.PI for both groups during induction and 10 mins after induction(PI of 3.3 or more at10min signifies block success) <br/ ><br>3.Duration of postoperative analgesia.(will be assessed every 15 mins till the patient complaints of pain in post operative period)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method not applicableTimepoint: not applicable