Dose ranging study on the effect of preoperative dexamethasone on postoperative quality of recovery and opioid consumption after ambulatory gynaecological surgery

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 362-371

  De Oliveira, G S ^a   Ahmad, S ^a   Fitzgerald, P C ^a   Marcus, R J ^a   Altman, C S ^a   Panjwani, A S ^a   McCarthy, R J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anaesthesia; general, gynaecological, recovery; recovery, postoperative, pain, postoperative, dexamethasone, postoperative nausea and vomiting

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROMORPHONE; MORPHINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISCHARGE TIME; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MYALGIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP DISORDER; SORE THROAT;

EID: 80051750897     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aer156     Document Type: Article

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