Conditions: Duration of Pain Relief
Keywords: block duration analgesia
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 5
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
Effect of dexamethasone on prolonging upper extremity block is well known. But it not known if the effect comes from its local effect on the nerves or from its general analgesic effect. In this study we will compare the systemic effect to its local effect to find out if there is a difference or not.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: Control arm 2: Dexamethasone will be mixed with bupivacaine arm 3: Dexamethasone will be given intravenously

Interventions: intervention 1: Dexamthsone intervention 2: Bupivacaine
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: None intervention 2: None

Protocol document: