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Effect of intravenous steroid added to caudal local anesthetics in improving postoperative pain: A meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis

Not Applicable
Conditions
surgical patients who received caudal analgesia
Registration Number
JPRN-UMIN000025099
Lead Sponsor
Kanagawa Children's Medical Center
Brief Summary

6 randomized clinical trials were identified. Analgesic duration of caudal anethesia is longer by approximately 4 hours in patients who received intravenous dexamethasone

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete: follow-up complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

case reports, reviews, manikin studies, and animal studies. Eligibility is not restricted by language

Study & Design

Study Type
Others,meta-analysis etc
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
duration of analgesia
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
the number of patients who required rescue analgesia postoperative pain scale duration of motor block adverse events
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