Effectiveness of perineural administration of dexamethasone with lidocaine on onset time of sensory block and early postoperative analgesia in axillary brachial plexus block: a prospective cohort study, Ethiopia.

Introduction: The axillary brachial plexus block is a popular nerve block for forearm, wrist, and hand surgery. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of perineural administration of dexamethasone as an adjunct to lidocaine with adrenaline on the onset of sensory block and early postoperative analgesia in trans-arterial axillary brachial plexus block.

Methodology: This single-centered prospective cohort study recruited 68 adult patients, 34 in each groups.

Comparison of spinal versus general anesthesia on the perioperative blood glucose levels in patients undergoing lower abdominal and pelvic surgery: a prospective cohort study, Ethiopia.

Unlabelled: Surgery is linked with fear and stress that disrupt metabolic and neuroendocrine activities, which impair normal maintained glucose metabolism that leads to stress hyperglycaemia. This study aimed to compare the effect of general and spinal anaesthesia on perioperative blood glucose levels in patients undergoing lower abdominal and pelvic surgery.

Methods: This prospective observational cohort study recruits 70 adult patients who underwent lower abdominal and pelvic surgery under general and spinal anaesthesia; 35 in each group.

Patients' awareness of their rights, associated factors and its practice by health professionals from a patient perspective among elective surgical patients at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study, 2021.

Objectives: To assess the patients' awareness of their rights, associated factors and the practice of these rights by the medical team from the patients' perspective at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital.An institution-based prospective cross-sectional study was carried out.

Setting: The research was conducted from January to May 2021 in a specialised hospital in central Ethiopia.

Inadvertent life-threatening total spinal anesthesia following caudal block in a preschool child underwent urologic surgery: A rare case report.

Introduction And Importance: Caudal block is considered to be safe and provide optimal analgesia for pediatric patients undergoing sub-umbilical operations. It overcomes opioid-related side effects, particularly the dangers associated with respiratory depression in small children.

Case Presentation: A 5-year-old male underwent uneventful hypospadias surgery under general endotracheal anesthesia.