The Role of Timing of Dexamethasone Administration on Pain Scores and Quality of Recovery in Cesarean Section.

Summary

The purpose of our study was to evaluate the hypothesis that single dose dexamethasone given sixty minutes preoperatively reduces visual analog scale (VAS) pain scores and improves quality of recovery in patients undergoing elective cesarean section as compared to the same dose given immediately prior to skin incision.

Timeline

Start

2014-04

Primary completion

2014-11

Completion

2014-11

Drugs

Indications