Preoperative dexamethasone reduces postoperative pain, nausea and vomiting following mastectomy for breast cancer

BMC Cancer

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Gómez Hernández, Jorge ^a   Orozco Alatorre, Alba L ^a   Domínguez Contreras, Marisela ^a   Oceguera Villanueva, Antonio ^a   Gómez Romo, Salvador ^a   Alvarez Villaseñor, Andrea S ^b   Fuentes Orozco, Clotilde ^b   González Ojeda, Alejandro ^b  

^a Health Secretary Calle Coronel Calderon 715   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; KETOROLAC; ONDANSETRON; PLACEBO; TRAMADOL; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PLACEBO EFFECT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; ANTIEMETICS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MASTECTOMY; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PLACEBO EFFECT; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650352874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-10-692     Document Type: Article

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