Dexamethasone Intravenous Versus Intrathecal in Spinal Anesthesia

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2022-07-15
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the the effect of intravenous and the intrathecal dexamethasone when added to spinal anesthesia in cesarean section.

• Phase: Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Ain Shams University
• Treatments: Dexamethasone

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Female patients in childbearing period with an age of 18 years up to 40 years old scheduled to undergo elective cesarean section under spinal anesthesia.

All patients were of ASA II physical status with uncomplicated pregnancy and no comorbidity.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Refusal of procedure or participation in the study by patients. Emergency cesarean section. Any contraindication to spinal anesthesia as infection at site of injection or history or evidence of coagulopathy.

Congenital anomaly of the spine. Psychiatric illness affecting the ability to properly communicate with the patient or to use the VAS for pain.

Receiving analgesics or corticosteroid drugs. Allergies to drugs used.