Open AccessEffect of a single bolus of dexamethasone on intraoperative and postoperative pain in unilateral inguinal hernia surgery
Author(s) -
Muhammad Vaiz Asad,
Fauzia Anis Khan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of anaesthesiology-clinical pharmacology/journal of anaesthesiology clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 2231-2730
pISSN - 0970-9185
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9185.161669
Subject(s) - medicine , dexamethasone , inguinal hernia , postoperative pain , anesthesia , bolus (digestion) , surgery , hernia
Opioids are commonly used to provide perioperative analgesia, but have many side-effects. Addition of co-analgesics results in reducing the dosage and hence the side-effects of opioids. The objective of this study was to compare the analgesic efficacy of fentanyl (1 micro/kg(-1)) administered alone, with fentanyl (0.75 micro/kg(-1)) and dexamethasone (8 mg) combination, in patients undergoing day care unilateral inguinal hernia repair.