Clinical Trial: Effect of Single-Dose Dexamethasone on Postoperative Pain After Cesarean Section Under Spinal Anesthesia

U.S., July 22 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07718360) titled 'Effect of Single-Dose Dexamethasone on Postoperative Pain After Cesarean Section Under Spinal Anesthesia' on July 14.

Brief Summary: This study looked at whether giving a single dose of dexamethasone (a steroid medicine, 8 mg given into the vein) before a cesarean section could reduce pain after the operation.

Eighty women having a planned cesarean section under spinal anesthesia at KRL Hospital, Islamabad were divided into two equal groups by chance. One group received dexamethasone through a drip before the procedure; the other group received a harmless salt-water solution (normal saline) as a comparison.

Pain levels were measur...