ArticleSaudi journal of anaesthesia
Efficacy of epidural local anesthetic and dexamethasone in providing postoperative analgesia: A meta-analysis.
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- Adjuvants to local anesthetics: Current understanding and future trends.World journal of clinical cases · 2017Article
- Editorial commentary on: Using dexamethasone as an adjuvant to levobupivacaine in epidural anesthesia to change the pain intensity and duration in painless labor.Saudi journal of anaesthesiaArticle
- Evaluation of magnesium sulfate as an adjuvant in sub-Tenon anesthesia for cataract surgery: A prospective, randomized controlled trial.Saudi journal of anaesthesiaArticle
- Magnesium Sulfate as a Preemptive Adjuvant to Levobupivacaine for Postoperative Analgesia in Lower Abdominal and Pelvic Surgeries under Epidural Anesthesia(Randomized Controlled Trial).Anesthesia, essays and researchesArticle
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Abstract
backgroundDexamethasone is a potent anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antiemetic drug. Individual randomized controlled trials found a possible benefit of epidural dexamethasone. The purpose of this meta-analysis is to estimate the benefit of epidural dexamethasone on postoperative pain and opioid consumption and to formulate a recommendation for evidence-based practice. MATERIALS AND
methodsProspective, randomized controlled trials comparing the analgesic efficacy of epidural local anesthetic and dexamethasone combination, with local anesthetic alone for postoperative pain management after abdominal surgery, were planned to be included in this meta-analysis. PubMed, PubMed Central, Scopus, and Central Register of Clinical Trials of the Cochrane Collaboration (CENTRAL) databases were searched for eligible controlled trials using the following search words: "Epidural", "dexamethasone", and "postoperative pain", until February 20, 2015.
resultsData from five randomized control trials have been included in this meta-analysis. Epidural dexamethasone significantly decreased postoperative morphine consumption (mean difference -7.89 mg; 95% confidence interval [CI]: -11.66 to -3.71) and number of patients required postoperative rescue analgesic boluses (risk ratio: 0.51; 95% CI: 0.41-0.63).
conclusionThe present data shows that the addition of dexamethasone to local anesthetic in epidural is beneficial for postoperative pain management.
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