Injection dexamethasone in preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting: A comparison with placebo in the patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 689-692

  Kashmiri, Zia Uddin A ^a,b   Sheikh, Zainab ^a   Haider, Saeeda ^a  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Lap chole; Placebo; Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV); Saline

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ANTIEMETICS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 34249079681     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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