Dexamethasone and Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant to Spinal Anesthesia for Elective Caesarean Sections

Benha University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Pain, Postoperative

Treatments: Drug: Intrathecal dexmedetomidine; Drug: Intrathecal dexamethasone

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04697745

adjuvant to spinal anesthesia

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main objective of our study is to evaluate analgesic effect of intrathecal dexamethasone and dexmedetomidine in elective caesarean sections

Enrollment: 44 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• American Society of Anesthesiologists classII-III adult female patient (age :18 -40 years old )
• Elective cesarean section under spinal anaesthesia
• Gestational age > 37 weeks
• BMI less than 30 kg/m2

Exclusion criteria

• Patient refusal
• unable to give consent
• age < 18 or > 40
• BMI more than 30 kg/m2
• known allergy to the study medication
• coagulopathies or on anticoagulant medications
• diabetic neuropathy
• patients with psychiatric disorders

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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44 participants in 2 patient groups

dexamethasone intrathecal

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Drug: Intrathecal dexamethasone

dexmedetomidine intrathecal

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Drug: Intrathecal dexmedetomidine