Woodland Anesthesiology, Assoc Clinical Professor @ UCONN #regionalanesthesia #pocus #patientcare
Sep 11, 2020 • 13 tweets • 9 min read
1/ A 68 yr old lady with h/o HTN, HLD, DM for left TKR. Pre-op celebrex, meloxicam and an adductor canal block with iPACK block. Spinal anesthesia for intra-op. How much intravenous dexamethasone would you administer? @KalagaraHari@EMARIANOMD@SreeHPraveenKO1@dr_rajgupta2/ In our practice, most patients receive 4mg or 8mg of intravenous dexamethasone. Is one dose better than the other - more effective or lesser side-effects?
We did a retrospective study find an answer: cureus.com/articles/39235…