Exploring the Effect of Administering Three Different Doses of Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant to Lidocaine in Regional Intravenous Anesthesia for Patients

Background: This study aimed to determine the effect of adding low doses of dexmedetomidine as an adjuvant to lidocaine in regional intravenous anesthesia in patients receiving surgery. Methods: In the present clinical trial, 120 patients' candidates for upper extremity orthopedic surgery with...

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Main Authors: Mohammadreza Safavi, Azim Honarmand, Behzad Nazemroaya, Mohsen Jahandideh
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Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2025-04-01
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Online Access:https://aacc.tums.ac.ir/index.php/aacc/article/view/1159
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author Mohammadreza Safavi
Azim Honarmand
Behzad Nazemroaya
Mohsen Jahandideh
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Behzad Nazemroaya
Mohsen Jahandideh
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description Background: This study aimed to determine the effect of adding low doses of dexmedetomidine as an adjuvant to lidocaine in regional intravenous anesthesia in patients receiving surgery. Methods: In the present clinical trial, 120 patients' candidates for upper extremity orthopedic surgery with regional venous anesthesia in 4 groups of 30 people distributed in groups respectively 0.6, 0.5 and 0.4 micrograms/kg of dexmedetomidine plus 0.5 lidocaine were injected and in the fourth group, an equal volume of normal saline was administrated. Patients were examined and compared before drug injection and 1, 5, 10, 15, 30, 45 and 60 minutes after drug injection in terms of time of onset and recovery of sensory and motor block, hemodynamic parameters, postoperative pain intensity and analgesic consumption. Results: The average pain intensity during the research in the four dexmedetomidine groups was 0.6, 0.5, 0.4 and the control group, respectively, 2.12 ± 1.33, 2.82 ± 0.76, 2.26 ± 2.3, and 4.4 ± 1.5, and the difference between the groups was significant (>0.001). P). In the two-by-two analysis of the groups, the average pain intensity was significant between the two groups: dexmedetomidine 0.6 and control (P<0.001), dexmedetomidine 0.5 and control (P=0.003), and dexmedetomidine 0.4 and control (P<0.001). Conclusion: Using a dose of 0.6 micrograms/kg of dexmethomidine along with lidocaine leads to a decrease in the severity of the postoperative period, a decrease in the need for painkillers, and also an increase in the time of postoperative pain relief in patients.
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spelling doaj-art-86501f05cb484d4f85aebeb970f90ada2025-08-20T03:49:03ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesArchives of Anesthesia and Critical Care2423-58492025-04-0111310.18502/aacc.v11i3.18499Exploring the Effect of Administering Three Different Doses of Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant to Lidocaine in Regional Intravenous Anesthesia for PatientsMohammadreza Safavi0Azim Honarmand1Behzad Nazemroaya2Mohsen Jahandideh3Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. Background: This study aimed to determine the effect of adding low doses of dexmedetomidine as an adjuvant to lidocaine in regional intravenous anesthesia in patients receiving surgery. Methods: In the present clinical trial, 120 patients' candidates for upper extremity orthopedic surgery with regional venous anesthesia in 4 groups of 30 people distributed in groups respectively 0.6, 0.5 and 0.4 micrograms/kg of dexmedetomidine plus 0.5 lidocaine were injected and in the fourth group, an equal volume of normal saline was administrated. Patients were examined and compared before drug injection and 1, 5, 10, 15, 30, 45 and 60 minutes after drug injection in terms of time of onset and recovery of sensory and motor block, hemodynamic parameters, postoperative pain intensity and analgesic consumption. Results: The average pain intensity during the research in the four dexmedetomidine groups was 0.6, 0.5, 0.4 and the control group, respectively, 2.12 ± 1.33, 2.82 ± 0.76, 2.26 ± 2.3, and 4.4 ± 1.5, and the difference between the groups was significant (>0.001). P). In the two-by-two analysis of the groups, the average pain intensity was significant between the two groups: dexmedetomidine 0.6 and control (P<0.001), dexmedetomidine 0.5 and control (P=0.003), and dexmedetomidine 0.4 and control (P<0.001). Conclusion: Using a dose of 0.6 micrograms/kg of dexmethomidine along with lidocaine leads to a decrease in the severity of the postoperative period, a decrease in the need for painkillers, and also an increase in the time of postoperative pain relief in patients. https://aacc.tums.ac.ir/index.php/aacc/article/view/1159Regional anesthesialidocainedexmedetomidinepostoperative pain
spellingShingle Mohammadreza Safavi
Azim Honarmand
Behzad Nazemroaya
Mohsen Jahandideh
Exploring the Effect of Administering Three Different Doses of Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant to Lidocaine in Regional Intravenous Anesthesia for Patients
Archives of Anesthesia and Critical Care
Regional anesthesia
lidocaine
dexmedetomidine
postoperative pain
title Exploring the Effect of Administering Three Different Doses of Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant to Lidocaine in Regional Intravenous Anesthesia for Patients
title_full Exploring the Effect of Administering Three Different Doses of Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant to Lidocaine in Regional Intravenous Anesthesia for Patients
title_fullStr Exploring the Effect of Administering Three Different Doses of Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant to Lidocaine in Regional Intravenous Anesthesia for Patients
title_full_unstemmed Exploring the Effect of Administering Three Different Doses of Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant to Lidocaine in Regional Intravenous Anesthesia for Patients
title_short Exploring the Effect of Administering Three Different Doses of Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant to Lidocaine in Regional Intravenous Anesthesia for Patients
title_sort exploring the effect of administering three different doses of dexmedetomidine as an adjuvant to lidocaine in regional intravenous anesthesia for patients
topic Regional anesthesia
lidocaine
dexmedetomidine
postoperative pain
url https://aacc.tums.ac.ir/index.php/aacc/article/view/1159
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