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THIS STUDY IS MEANT FOR UNDERSTANDING EFFICACY OF INTRAVENOUS USE OF DEXAMETHASONE IN PROLONGING POST OPERATIVE ANALGESIA AFTER SPINAL ANAESTHESIA.

Not Applicable
Conditions
Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
Registration Number
CTRI/2021/11/037979
Lead Sponsor
Shree krishna hospital Karmsad
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients undergoing lower limb or lower abdominal surgery, of more than 60

mins duration.

2. Age 18 to 70 years of either sex

3. All patients with fasting period of 6hrs to solids and 2hrs to liquids

Exclusion Criteria

1.Absolute contraindication to spinal anaesthesia

2.Patients on steroid therapy or past history of medication with steroids in last 1 year

3. Diabetic patient with HbA1c of more than 8

4. Obese patient with BMI > 40

5. In patientâ??s where there will be use of adjuvants intrathecally along with local

anaesthetic drug

6. Intraoperative blood loss of more than 20%

7. Pre-operative hemoglobin level less than 10mg/dl

8. Patients with infections (appendicitis, choleycystitis, perforation,

peritonitis)

9. Patients with Raised CRP and total counts

10. Allergy to local anaesthetic drug

11. Severe spinal deformity

12. Patient with preexisting neurological deficit

13. Parturient undergoing LSCS

14. Post-partum cases undergoing Abdominal T

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To evaluate efficacy of IV dexamethasone in prolonging postoperative analgesia <br/ ><br>after spinal anesthesia.Timepoint: Post operatively for 24 hours
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To study the effects of IV dexamethasone on - <br/ ><br>intraoperative hemodynamics <br/ ><br> incidence of nausea, vomiting and shivering perioperatively.Timepoint: Hours
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