Pediatric Postoperative Analgesia With Quadratus Lumborum Block(QLB) And Dexamethasone As An Adjuvant To Bupivacaine.

Completed 3 enrolled Tanta University

RandomizedParallel-groupDouble-blindTreatment

Summary

Studying the post-operative analgesic effect of dexamethasone as an adjuvant to bupivacaine giving intravenously and locally with ultrasound guided quadratus lumborum block(QLB) in pediatrics undergoing abdominal surgeries

Timeline

Start: 2021-06-16
Primary completion: 2021-10-30
Completion: 2022-01-10

Publications

Arafa SK, Elsayed AA, Hagras AM, Shama AAA. Pediatric Postoperative Pain Control With Quadratus Lumborum Block and Dexamethasone in Two Routes With Bupivacaine: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial. Pain Physician. 2022 Oct;25(7):E987-E998.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Comparator	Dexamethasone	Small molecule	0.1 mg/kg	Intravenous
Comparator	Dexamethasone	Small molecule	0.3 mg/kg	Intravenous
Comparator	Bupivacaine	Other / unclassified	—	Other

Indications

No indication recorded.