Peri-neural Dexmedetomidine Versus Dexamethasone for Supraaclavicular Block Adjuvant to Bupivacaine Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2020-01-12
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

to assessthe impact of addition of Dexmedetomidine or Dexamethasone to Bupivacaine, on Duration of analgesia (time in hours to the first report of postoperative pain )at the surgical site

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Cairo University
• Treatments: Dexamethasone; Dexmedetomidine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• All the patients included in the study aged 18 to 60 years old were on chronic hemodialysis and they had a hemodialysis session one day before the block performance

Exclusion Criteria:

• Neurological, neuromuscular, psychiatric disorders, hepatic, respiratory, or cardiac diseases; coagulation disorders; infection at the block injection site; patients with a body mass index more than 35; or patients who refused the procedure