THIS STUDY IS MEANT FOR UNDERSTANDING EFFICACY OF INTRAVENOUS USE OF DEXAMETHASONE IN PROLONGING POST OPERATIVE ANALGESIA AFTER SPINAL ANAESTHESIA.
- 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
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
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
Name Time Method To evaluate efficacy of IV dexamethasone in prolonging postoperative analgesia <br/ ><br>after spinal anesthesia.Timepoint: Post operatively for 24 hours
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To study the effects of IV dexamethasone on - <br/ ><br>intraoperative hemodynamics <br/ ><br> incidence of nausea, vomiting and shivering perioperatively.Timepoint: Hours