ISSN: 2155-6148
Atteia Gad Anwar
Egypt
Research Article
The Efficacy of Adding Lornoxicam-Dexmedetomidine to 0.25% Diluted
Lidocaine for Intravenous Regional Anesthesia
Author(s): Mona Mohamed Mogahed and Atteia Gad Anwar
Mona Mohamed Mogahed and Atteia Gad Anwar
Background and objective: Upper limb surgeries under Intravenous regional anesthesia (IVRA) with the traditional dose of lidocaine may lead to side effects incompatible with life safety. Anesthetists attempted many modified techniques of IVRA to use a lesser dose of lidocaine combined with some adjuvants to avoid these side effects.
Aim and work: The primary outcome was to compare the first analgesic requirement time of when adding lornoxicam and dexmedetomidine to lidocaine IVRA in outpatients who underwent upper limb surgery, and the secondary outcomes were to compare the onset of sensory and motor blocks, the tourniquet pain and the sensory and motor block recovery times at postoperative period.
Patient and methods: Patients were randomly into two groups each group with 50 patients. Group I (G I) were given sole.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2155-6148.1000752