https://www.selleckchem.com/products/azd3229.html Seventy-four patients were recruited and 71completed the study (GroupC, n=37; GroupD, n=34). Our findings showed a prolongation of the mean time of the sensitive blockade in GroupD (1440±0min vs. 1267±164min, p<0.001). It was observed that GroupC had a higher mean pain score according to VAS (2.08±1.72 vs. 0.02±0.17, p<0.001) and a greater number of patients (68.4%vs.0%, p<0.001) required rescue analgesia in the first24hours. The incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting was not statistically significant. Perineural dexamethasone significantly prolonged the sensory blockade promoted by levobupivacaine in interscalene brachial plexus block, reduced pain intensity and rescue analgesia needs in the postoperative period. Perineural dexamethasone significantly prolonged the sensory blockade promoted by levobupivacaine in interscalene brachial plexus block, reduced pain intensity and rescue analgesia needs in the postoperative period.While it is well established that individuals with schizophrenia exhibit a wide range of neurocognitive deficits, there is significant heterogeneity in this regard. Impairments in verbal fluency appear to present consistently across most individuals with the illness. The present study examined the stability of verbal fluency abilities in chronic schizophrenia longitudinally. It was hypothesized that semantic but not phonemic verbal fluency performance would be stable over one year. Data was extracted from a larger study that followed 53 outpatients (70% male; mean age = 39.2 years) diagnosed with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. At each testing interval (baseline, 6, and 12 months), the Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia was administered, which included phonemic (i.e., F, S) and semantic (i.e., animals) verbal fluency tasks. No significant differences were found across time points for semantic and phonemic verbal fluency with respect to mean number of words generated