Dexamethasone plus ondansetron for prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A comparison with dexamethasone alone

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 265-269

  Bano, Fauzia ^a,b   Zafar, Safia ^a   Aftab, Sadqa ^a   Haider, Saeeda ^a  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b NONE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Dexamethasone; Nausea; Ondansetron; Postoperative; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; BUPIVACAINE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; ISOFLURANE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NALBUPHINE; NEOSTIGMINE; NITROUS OXIDE; ONDANSETRON; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANUS PRURITUS; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FLUSHING; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PAKISTAN; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYRINGE;

ADULT; ANTIEMETICS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; DEXAMETHASONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONDANSETRON; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48049094836     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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