This prospective, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study in which 150 ASA I-II patients scheduled for middle ear surgery were randomized into three equal groups. The dexamethasone group (group D) received a single dose of dexamethasone 10 mg IV at induction of anesthesia, ondansetron group (group O) received 4 mg IV ondansetron and the control group (group C) received 5 ml saline ...

BACKGROUND Nausea and vomiting are common complications of anesthesia and surgery. Patients undergoing tympanoplasty are exposed to a higher risk of postoperative nausea vomiting (PONV). These complications may alter the results of reconstruction and anatomical alignments. Numerous antiemetics have been studied to prevent and treat PONV in patients undergoing tympanoplasty. The aim of this stud...

OBJECTIVE To verify the efficacy of dexamethasone in the prophylaxis of nausea and vomiting in patients submitted to laparoscopic cholecystectomy. METHODS This was a systematic review of the literature through the MEDLINE, Embase, and LILACS databases. Only controlled and randomized clinical trials comparing dexamethasone to placebo in the prophylaxis of nausea and vomiting in patients submit...

Background: Complications like swelling, trismus, and pain are common after third molar surgery. This study was conducted to evaluate the therapeutic effect of dexamethsone on these complications. Material & Methods: This study was conducted at Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar. Hundred patients with bilateral mandibular impaction were included in this study. One side of the patient last mand...

BACKGROUND Post-surgical complications like pain, swelling, impaired function cause transient morbidity for the patients leading to refrainment of the treatment. Various preemptive drugs are prescribed to prevent patients from such unpleasant situations. Both dexamethasone and methyl prednisolone can be used for this purpose in surgery of third molar impactions. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was...

Typhoid fever is commonly characterized by fever and abdominal pain. Rare complications include intestinal hemorrhage, bowel perforation, delirium, obtundation, and septic shock. Herein we describe the case of a previously healthy 16-year-old male without history of travel, diagnosed with typhoid fever complicated by septic shock and acute respiratory distress syndrome treated with high-dose de...

UNLABELLED To compare the analgesic efficacy of local aesthetic with and without dexamethasone in supraclavicular brachial plexus block. METHODS Forty patients undergoing arm, forearm and hand surgeries were randomly selected. The forty patients were divided in two groups of 20 each. In-group one, a brachial plexus block was done with 40-50 ml of local anaesthetic with 1:200,000 adrenaline an...

Background The clinical utility of adjuvants with local anesthesia produces an excellent nerve block prolonged duration and faster onset. Brachial plexus is widely used nowadays in patients undergoing upper limb surgery There are several approaches to achieve brachial such as interscalene, supraclavicular, infraclavicular, axillary. objective this study compare the effectiveness dexamethasone d...

introduction: adequate pain control is an important consideration in the post-surgical management of patients. local nerve blockade added to general anesthesia can provide excellent pain control during and after most nasal surgical procedures. the aim of this study was to determine the combined effect of local anesthetic drugs with corticosteroids in nasal surgery. materials and methods: in thi...