Open AccessEffect of dexamethasone as an adjuvant to ropivacaine on duration and quality of analgesia in ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane block in patients undergoing lower segment cesarean section - A prospective, randomised, single-blinded study
Author(s) -
Anie Gupta,
Alok Gupta,
Neeraj Yadav
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/ija.ija_773_18
Subject(s) - medicine , ropivacaine , visual analogue scale , anesthesia , dexamethasone , nausea , vomiting , tramadol , analgesic , lower segment caesarean section , saline , surgery , caesarean section , pregnancy , biology , genetics
Ultrasound guided transversus abdominis plane block is an efficacious abdominal field block. The aim was to determine the effect of dexamethasone to 0.375% ropivacaine on the analgesic duration of TAP block in patients undergoing lower segment cesarean section (LSCS).