A study to compare duration of pain relief between Perineural and Intravenous Dexamethasone in Brachial Plexus block for upper limb surgeries

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Medical and Surgical,

• Registration Number: CTRI/2023/07/055884
• Lead Sponsor: Dr Siddhartha Sahana

Brief Summary

To compare the duration of analgesia in patients by giving 4 mg dexamethasone between perineural and intravenous route in adult patients undergoing upper limb surgeries under brachial plexus block

To look for any post operative nausea and vomiting

If any rescue analgesia required

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 2023-07-27
• Study Start: 2023-10-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

1. All individual in both genders between 18 to 70 years 2) Patients undergoing elective upper limb surgery under brachial plexus block 3)American society of Anaesthesiologist physical status I,II,III.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients not willing to participate 2) Patients on prolonged steroid theraphy 3) History of allergy to local anaesthetics 4) Infection at block site.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Duration of Analgesia	Immediately | At 12 hours | At 24 hours | At 36 hours

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To Assess post operative nausea & vomiting	Requirement of first rescue analgesia

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Kasturba Medical College Mangalore; 🇮🇳 Kannada, KARNATAKA, India

Kasturba Medical College Mangalore

🇮🇳Kannada, KARNATAKA, India

Dr Siddhartha Sahana

Principal investigator

8777263167

siddharthasahana85@gmail.com