Effect of Adding Dexamethasone to Intrathecal Bupivacaine on Blood Sugar of Patients Undergoing Diabetic Foot Surgeries

Assiut University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Diabetic Foot

Treatments: Drug: Bupivacaine with dexamethasone; Drug: Bupivacaine

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03871049

01003060566

Details and patient eligibility

About

effect of intrathecal dexamethasone on blood sugar of dietetic patients

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• control diabetic patients will undergo foot surgeries.

Exclusion criteria

• The exclusion criteria included patient refusal, patients with major cardiac, respiratory, renal, hepatic disorders or uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, history of chronic use of analgesic medication or hypersensitivity to drugs under investigation, any contraindication to regional anesthesia, namely; patients with coagulopathy infection at puncture site, backache, spine deformity or prior surgery, neuromuscular disorders or psychic disturbances

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

group 1

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

intathecal bupivacaine

Treatment:

Drug: Bupivacaine

group 2

Active Comparator group

Description:

intrathecal bupivacaine with dexamethasone

Treatment:

Drug: Bupivacaine with dexamethasone