Decadron as Adjuvant in Femoral Nerve Blocks in Knee Arthroscopy

Summary

If preservative-free dexamethasone 0.1 mg/kg (max dose 4 mg) is added to ropivacaine 0.5% 2 mg/kg (max dose 100 mg), then post-PACU opioid consumption will be reduced by 33%.

Timeline

Start

2014-07

Primary completion

2016-07

Completion

2016-09

Publications

• Veneziano G, Martin DP, Beltran R, Barry N, Tumin D, Burrier C, Klingele K, Bhalla T, Tobias JD. Dexamethasone as an Adjuvant to Femoral Nerve Block in Children and Adolescents Undergoing Knee Arthroscopy: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2018 May;43(4):438-444. doi: 10.1097/AAP.0000000000000739.

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