A comparison between granisetron and granisetron with dexamethasone for prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting for laparoscopic cholecystectomy

JMS - Journal of Medical Society

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 51-54

  Deban Singh, L ^a   Nando Singh, Y ^a   Ratan Singh, N ^a   Pradipkumar Singh, L ^a   Hemjit Singh, T ^a   Moirangthem, G S ^a  

^a REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Granisetron; Postoperative nausea vomiting (PONV)

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GRANISETRON;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIEMETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROWSINESS; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 67651216015     PISSN: 09724958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Wang JJ, Ho ST, Liu YH, Lee SC, Liu YC, Liao YC, et al. Dexamethasone reduces nausea and vomiting after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. British Journal of Anaesthesia 1999;83(5):772-775 (Pubitemid 29502058)
2. Singh L D, Majaw HW, Singh TH, Singh TR, Devi NA, Moirangthem GS. Prophylactic antiemetic therapy with dexamethasone in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Journal of Medical Society, Sept.2008;22(3):111- 116
3. Fujii Y, Saitoh Y, Tanaka H, Toyooka H. Antiemetic efficacy of prophylactic granisetron, droperidol and metoclopramide in the prevention of nausea and vomiting after laparoscopic cholecystectomy:a double blind, placebo control trial. Eur. J. Anaesthesiol. 1998;15(2):166-171
4. Fujii Y, Toyooka H, Tanaka H. Prophylactic antiemetic therapy with a combination of granisetron and dexamethasone in patients undergoing middle ear surgery. British Journal of Anaesthesia 1998;81:754-756 (Pubitemid 28499938)
5. Carmichael J, Bessel EM, Harris AL, Hutcheon AW, Dawes PJ, Daniels S, et al. Comparison of granisetron alone and granisetron plus dexamethasone in the prophylaxis of postoperative nausea and vomiting. British Journal of Anaesthesia 1994;70(6):1161-1164
6. Lopez-Olaondo L, Carrascosa F, Pueyo FJ, Mondero P, Busto N, Saez A. Combination of ondansetron and dexamethasone in the prophylaxis of postoperative nausea and vomiting. British Journal of Anaesthesia 1996;76(6): 835-840 (Pubitemid 26175638)
7. Rajeeva V, Bhardwaj N, Batra YK, Dhaliwal LK. Combination of ondansetron and dexamethasone in the prophylaxis of postoperative nausea and vomiting in diagnostic laparoscopy. Can. J. Anaesth. 1999;46(1): 40-44.
8. Fujii Y, Saitoh Y, Tanaka H, Toyooka H. Prophylaxis therapy with combined granisetron and dexamethasone for the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting in children. Eur. J. of Anaesthesiol. 1999;16(6):374-379
9. Rudra A, Chakravorty T, Das S, Haldar R, Rudra P, Dey P. Combination of granisetron-dexamethasone in the prophylaxis of postoperative nausea and vomiting after thyroidectomy : comparison with granisetron alone. Indian J. Anaesth. 2005;49(5): 391-394
10. Junger A, Harmann B, Benson M, Schindler E, Dietrich G, Jost A, et al, The use of an anaesthesia information management system for prediction of antiemetic rescue treatment at the postanaesthesia care unit. Anesth Analg. May2001;92(5):1203-1209
11. Fujii Y, Saitoh Y, Tanaka H, Toyooka H. Granisetron/ dexamethasone combination for the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.. Eur. J. of Anaesthesiol. 2000;17:64-68 (Pubitemid 30186643)
12. Biswas BN, Rudra A. Comparison of granisetron and granisetron plus dexamethasone for the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Acta. Anaesthesiol. Scand. 2003;47(1):79-83.
13. Khan MP, Kohli M, Kumar GA, Singh V. Granisetron and granisetron dexamethasone for the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting after laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A double blind, placebo controlled study. J. Anaesth. Clin. Pharmacol. 2006;22(3):261-265