Prospective randomized, double-blind comparative study of dexamethasone, ondansetron, and ondansetron plus dexamethasone as prophylactic antiemetic therapy in patients undergoing day-case gynaecological surgery |
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Authors: | Thomas R Jones N |
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Affiliation: | Department of Anaesthetics, North Hampshire Hospital, Aldermaston Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG24 9NA, UK*Corresponding author: Shackleton Department of Anaesthetics, Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton, Hampshire SO16 6YD, UK |
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Abstract: | Dexamethasone alone and in combination with selective 5-hydroxytryptaminereceptor antagonists is of benefit in the prophylaxis of post-operativenausea and vomiting. In this study, the effectiveness of sucha combination in comparison to either drug alone is investigatedin day case gynaecological surgery. A total of 177 patientswere randomized to three treatment groups: dexamethasone 8 mg,ondansetron 4 mg, and dexamethasone 8 mg plus ondansetron 4mg. The only significant difference between groups was seenin the first 3 h when failure of prophylaxis was more frequentin patients who had received dexamethasone alone (P=0.0085;Fishers exact probability test). Confidence intervalanalysis indicates a modest treatment effect for the combinationand the decision whether to perform a larger study depends uponwhether such an effect is clinically relevant. Br J Anaesth 2001; 87: 58892 |
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Keywords: | vomiting, antiemetics vomiting, incidence vomiting, nausea |
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