Effect of Dexamethasone Added To Bupivacaine During Caudal Block
Status:
Unknown status
Trial end date:
2015-12-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
It is a prospective double blind randomized study on the effect of dexamethasone added to
bupivacaine with plain bupivacaine for caudal block in patient for herniotomy.
96 patients between the ages 1-6 years will be randomly selected and divided into two groups;
B and BD.
Group B will receive 1ml/kg bupivacaine 0.25% (maximum volume 20mls) and group BD will
receive a mixture of 0.2mg/kg dexamethasone in 1ml/kg bupivacaine 0.25% (maximum volume =
20mls).
Data taken will then be analyzed and interpreted.