Effect of intravenous dexamethasone on postoperative pain after spinal anaesthesia - a systematic review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis.

There are data suggesting that intravenous dexamethasone has an effect on postoperative analgesia when given during single-shot spinal anaesthesia. However, the research literature is equivocal. We performed a systematic literature search followed by conventional meta-analysis (random effects model)...

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Published in:Anaesthesia Vol. 74; no. 8; pp. 1047 - 1057
Main Authors: Heesen, M., Rijs, K., Hilber, N., Eid, K., Al‐Oweidi, A., Rossaint, R., Klimek, M., Al-Oweidi, A
Format: research Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Aug2019
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