Prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting with a small dose of propofol alone and combined with dexamethasone in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A prospective, randomized, double-blind study

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1268-1271

  Fujii, Y ^a,b   Nakayama, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antieemetics; Complications; Dexamethasone; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Propofol; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; INTRALIPID; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ANTIEMETICS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PROPOFOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43049138451     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-007-9647-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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