A clinical comparison between a local anaesthetic and local anaesthetic with steroid combination in ultra sonography guided supraclavicular block
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- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/02/031293
- Lead Sponsor
- Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Patients with ASA class 1 & 2
Exclusion Criteria
a)Refusal by patients for the block or study.
b)Patients with abnormal BT,CT or on anticoagulation therapy, severe anaemia ,hypovolemia ,shock ,septicaemia and h/o seizures.
c)Local infection at the site of puncture.
d)Allergy to the study drugs.
e)History of significant systemic disorders (cardiovascular, respiratory, central nervous system or renal system.
f)Patients who are not co-operative and require additional sedatives.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To know the effect of dexamethasone 8mg with 0.5% levobupivacaine on the duration of post-operative analgesia in ultrasound guided supraclavicular brachial plexus block.Timepoint: Baseline, 0 min( immediately after drug administration), 1min, 3min,5min, 7min, 10min, 15min,20min, 25min, 30min,45min, 60min,90min, 120min,3hr, 4hr,6hr,12hr,24hr
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method a)the onset of sensory and motor blockade. <br/ ><br>b)the duration of sensory and motor blockade. <br/ ><br>c)hemodynamic variables (HR, BP, O2 saturation). <br/ ><br>d)time for first rescue analgesia. <br/ ><br>e)total dose of rescue analgesia in 24hrs. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Upto 24hrs after giving the block