To assess effectiveness of a drug dexamethasone to increase pain free period in upper limb surgeries
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: S598- Other specified injuries of elbowand forearm
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/04/018390
- Lead Sponsor
- Santokba Durlabhji memorial hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
1.Patients in the age group of 18-60 years of age.
2.Having ASA [American Society of Anaesthesiologists] grade I & II.
3.Patient who gives informed written consent to be included in the study
4.Patients scheduled for elective upper limb surgeries under supraclavicular brachial plexus block.
1.Age less than 18 years
2.Having ASA [American Society of Anaesthesiologists] grade Ð?Ð?Ð? & Ð?V
3.Pregnant women
4.Patients in whom a written informed consent could not be taken
5.Critically ill patients
6.Patients with known allergy to the above drugs.
7.Patients for emergency upper limb surgeries
8.Patients with coagulopathies, brachial plexus neuropathies, severe bronchopulmonary disease and patients with diabetes.
9.Patients with haemodynamic instability.
10. Neurological deficits involving brachial plexus.
11.Local infection at the injection site.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Total duration of the analgesia <br/ ><br>Timepoint: within 24 hrs post procedure
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1)Sensory onset time <br/ ><br>2)Duration of sensory block <br/ ><br>3)Motor onset time <br/ ><br>4)Duration of Motor block <br/ ><br>5)Quality of analgesia <br/ ><br>6)Adverse events/complicationsTimepoint: within 24 hrs post procedure