The aim of this study to test efficacy of adding dexmedetomidine to articaine on sensory, motor and duration of analgesia during hemodialysis fistula creation under ultrasound guided supraclavicular block
Adult fifty patient with chronic renal failure on hemodialysis, scheduled for arteriovenous fistula creation under ultrasound guided supraclavicular block. Patients were randomly allocated in two group. The articaine group (group A) received 40 ml articaine hydrochloride 2% and articaine-dexmedetomidine group (group AD) received 40 ml. Of articaine 2% mixed with dexmedetomidine (1micogram/kg)
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
50
Vial
Vial
Ain Shams University hosptal
Cairo, Abbasya, Egypt
Duration of sensory block
Sensory block time tested by pinprick test measured in minute
Time frame: 24 hours
Duration of motor block
Motor block time tested by Bromage scale measured in minutes
Time frame: 24 hours
Duration of analgesia
Measured by visual analog scale score 4
Time frame: 24 hours
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