Efficacy of preoperative dexamethasone in patients with laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A prospective randomized double-blind study

Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 367-371

  Fukami, Yasuyuki ^a   Terasaki, Masaki ^a   Okamoto, Yoshichika ^a   Sakaguchi, Kenji ^a   Murata, Toru ^a   Ohkubo, Masayuki ^a   Nishimae, Kazumi ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA SAISEIKAI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complications; Dexamethasone; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; PONV

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; DICLOFENAC; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE FATIGUE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67349135202     PISSN: 09441166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00534-009-0079-5     Document Type: Article

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