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

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-11-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

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.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Manitoba
• Treatments: BB 1101; Dexamethasone; Dexamethasone 21-phosphate; Dexamethasone acetate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• •Over 18 years of age

• American Society of Anesthesiologists class I-III

• Presenting for elective cesarean section.

Exclusion Criteria:

• •Contraindication to regional anesthesia

• Allergy to study drug

• Uncontrolled diabetes

• Active infection

• Adrenal axis pathology

• Active treatment with steroids

• Treatment with oral or parenteral steroids within the previous 6 months