The effect of intravenous administration of dexamethasone on postoperative pain, nausea, and vomiting after intrathecal injection of meperidine

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 987-989

  Movafegh, Ali ^a   Soroush, Ahmad Reza ^a   Navi, Ali ^b   Sadeghi, Mustafa ^a   Esfehani, Fatimah ^a   Akbarian Tefaghi, Niloufar ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DICLOFENAC; PETHIDINE; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL PATIENT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIEMETICS; BUPIVACAINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DICLOFENAC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; MEPERIDINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34047273746     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000257926.07491.55     Document Type: Article

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