Dexamethasone as a bupivacaine adjuvant for ultrasound-guided interscalene brachial plexus block: a prospective randomized study
Badran, M., Kamaly, A., Abdel Hamid, H., Mostafa, R. (2020). Dexamethasone as a bupivacaine adjuvant for ultrasound-guided interscalene brachial plexus block: a prospective randomized study. EKB Journal Management System, 12(1), -. doi: 10.1186/s42077-020-00113-7
Maha Abd el Fattah Metawie Badran; Ayman Mokhtar Kamaly; Hadil Magdy Abdel Hamid; Raham Hassan Mostafa. "Dexamethasone as a bupivacaine adjuvant for ultrasound-guided interscalene brachial plexus block: a prospective randomized study". EKB Journal Management System, 12, 1, 2020, -. doi: 10.1186/s42077-020-00113-7
Badran, M., Kamaly, A., Abdel Hamid, H., Mostafa, R. (2020). 'Dexamethasone as a bupivacaine adjuvant for ultrasound-guided interscalene brachial plexus block: a prospective randomized study', EKB Journal Management System, 12(1), pp. -. doi: 10.1186/s42077-020-00113-7
Badran, M., Kamaly, A., Abdel Hamid, H., Mostafa, R. Dexamethasone as a bupivacaine adjuvant for ultrasound-guided interscalene brachial plexus block: a prospective randomized study. EKB Journal Management System, 2020; 12(1): -. doi: 10.1186/s42077-020-00113-7

Dexamethasone as a bupivacaine adjuvant for ultrasound-guided interscalene brachial plexus block: a prospective randomized study

Ain-Shams Journal of Anesthesiology
Volume 12, Issue 1, January 2020  XML PDF (807.65 K)
DOI: 10.1186/s42077-020-00113-7
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Authors
Maha Abd el Fattah Metawie Badran email orcid ; Ayman Mokhtar Kamaly; Hadil Magdy Abdel Hamid; Raham Hassan Mostafa
Abstract
Background
Finding adjuvants to local anesthetic used in interscalene block that could efficiently extend the analgesia duration has recently been the focus of researchers. The aim of the work was to determine whether the addition of perineural dexamethasone to bupivacaine in-ultrasound guided interscalene block would prolong the duration of sensory analgesia in patients undergoing shoulder surgery.
Results
This prospective, randomized, double-blinded study comprised 50 patients. They were randomly subdivided into 2 groups: group C [control] and group D [dexamethasone]. We noted a significant difference regarding the timing for the first rescue analgesia being shorter in group C than in group D with a value < 0.001. Regarding postoperative analgesia, higher Ketolac consumption was noticed in group C than in group D. Patients from both groups showed excellent analgesic effects with VAS score less than 2 points up to 6 h postoperative then patients in group C had a higher VAS score compared to group D, and the difference was statistically significant ( value < 0.05). We also noticed an increase in the heart rate and mean arterial blood pressure in group C than in group D at 12 h and 24 h postoperatively.
Conclusion
We concluded that the addition of 8 mg of perineural dexamethasone to 30 ml of 0.5% bupivacaine showed improvement in the postoperative analgesia in shoulder surgery without obvious complications.
Keywords
Bupivacaine; Interscalene block; Perineural dexamethasone; Ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia
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