Dexamethasone for postoperative nausea and vomiting prophylaxis: Effect on glycaemia in obese patients with impaired glucose tolerance

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 318-321

  Nazar, Claudio E ^a   Lacassie, Héctor J ^a   López, Rodrigo A ^a   Muñoz, Hernán R ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Complications; Postoperative nausea and vomiting; Postoperative period prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

DESFLURANE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOSE; KETOROLAC; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ONDANSETRON; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; SEVOFLURANE; ANTIEMETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MALE; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STOMACH BYPASS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; METABOLISM; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING;

ADULT; ANTIEMETICS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING;

EID: 68849094999     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e328319c09b     Document Type: Article

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