Evaluation of Dexamethasone as an Antiemetic in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Background: To determine whether intravenous Dexamethasone (8mg), during anaesthesia, would decrease early postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) after laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). Methods: In this double- blind, randomized controlled trial, hundred patients who underwent laparoscopic cholec...
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| description | Background: To determine whether intravenous Dexamethasone (8mg), during anaesthesia, would decrease early postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) after laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). Methods: In this double- blind, randomized controlled trial, hundred patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy were divided in two groups. In Group-A, 50 patients, who received Inj. Dexamethasone 8 mg were compared with Group B, a control group of fifty patients who had laparoscopic cholecystectomy but did not receive Inj. Dexamethasone. Results: Group A showed low frequency of PONV when compared to Group B(nausea 6 vs. 27 and vomiting 3 vs. 13 , with p value of < 0.001 and < 0.006 respectively. Conclusion: Inj.Dexamethasone given during anaesthesia effectively controls postoperative nausea and vomiting. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fd92335a73a940848cf832a859db87f82022-12-22T01:16:23ZengRawalpindi Medical UniversityJournal of Rawalpindi Medical College1683-35621683-35702010-12-01142Evaluation of Dexamethasone as an Antiemetic in Laparoscopic CholecystectomyJawad Zaheer0Department of Anaesthesia, Holy Family Hospital and Rawalpindi Medical CollegeBackground: To determine whether intravenous Dexamethasone (8mg), during anaesthesia, would decrease early postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) after laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). Methods: In this double- blind, randomized controlled trial, hundred patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy were divided in two groups. In Group-A, 50 patients, who received Inj. Dexamethasone 8 mg were compared with Group B, a control group of fifty patients who had laparoscopic cholecystectomy but did not receive Inj. Dexamethasone. Results: Group A showed low frequency of PONV when compared to Group B(nausea 6 vs. 27 and vomiting 3 vs. 13 , with p value of < 0.001 and < 0.006 respectively. Conclusion: Inj.Dexamethasone given during anaesthesia effectively controls postoperative nausea and vomiting.https://www.journalrmc.com/index.php/JRMC/article/view/696Laparoscopic cholecystectomy;nausea and vomitingDexamethasone. |
| spellingShingle | Jawad Zaheer Evaluation of Dexamethasone as an Antiemetic in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; nausea and vomiting Dexamethasone. |
| title | Evaluation of Dexamethasone as an Antiemetic in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy |
| title_full | Evaluation of Dexamethasone as an Antiemetic in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of Dexamethasone as an Antiemetic in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of Dexamethasone as an Antiemetic in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy |
| title_short | Evaluation of Dexamethasone as an Antiemetic in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy |
| title_sort | evaluation of dexamethasone as an antiemetic in laparoscopic cholecystectomy |
| topic | Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; nausea and vomiting Dexamethasone. |
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