Intravenous Dexamethasone Effectiveness in Post Caesarean Section Analgesia

Launched by MONGI SLIM HOSPITAL · Sep 7, 2022

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ClinConnect Summary

A a prospective randomized double-blinded controlled study including 84 parturient women, conducted at the Anesthesia and Surgical Intensive Care Department of Mongi Slim University Hospital, La Marsa Tunisia. It was performed after obtaining the approval of the Research Ethical Committee of our hospital (Ethical Committee No. 02/2020). Eligible patients were informed of the study design and their written consent was obtained.

Patients:

Inclusion criteria were Age \>= 18 years, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) statue II-III, a pregnancy term \>= 37 weeks, elective cesarean sect...

Gender

FEMALE

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) statue II-III,
• • a pregnancy term \>= 37 weeks
• • elective cesarean section
• • Pfannenstiel incision
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • severe hypertension / preeclampsia
• • poorly balanced diabetes mellitus
• • allergy to one of the study drugs
• • patients with chronic pain or long-term use of opioids
• • patients on long-term corticosteroid therapy.