The Nigerian postgraduate medical journal
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Niger Postgrad Med J · Oct 2017
Randomized Controlled TrialEffects of low-dose intravenous dexamethasone combined with caudal analgesia on post-herniotomy pain.
Caudal analgesia for postoperative pain relief in paediatric day-case surgery has been found to be of short duration, hence the need for addition of adjuncts to prolong the analgesia. ⋯ The use of low-dose intravenous dexamethasone (0.25 mg/kg) in combination with caudal block prolonged duration of analgesia, reduced pain scores and analgesic consumption postoperatively, in children undergoing day-case herniotomy.