Background/Aim. Surgical extraction of impacted lower third molars is inevitably followed by the postoperative occurrence trismus, swelling, and pain sensations to some degree. Corticosteroids (dexamethasone in particular) are commonly used drugs prevention these complications. The aim this study was determine effectiveness dexamethasone complications, edema, after surgical molars, depending on...

(N Engl J Med. 2022;386:1121–1131) The diagnosis of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in extremely preterm infants portends potentially abnormal growth, neurodevelopment, and respiratory function. This prevalent condition affects half extreme birth survivors likely has a multiplicity causes: prematurity, oxygen exposure, mechanical ventilation, inflammatory processes. Dexamethasone was previousl...

BACKGROUND Sex of female and laraproscopic surgery are both risk factors related to postoperative nausea and vomiting, and dexamethasone is used as anti-emetic in some operations. A meta-analysis of randomized trials was performed to determine the effect of prophylactic dexamethasone administration on postoperative nausea and vomiting, pain and complications in patients undergoing laparoscopic ...

Cushing's disease is related to a significant increase in mortality due to chronic hypercortisolaemia complications. It is known that 50% of non-treated subjects die within 5 years. Transsphenoidal selective adenomectomy is the treatment of choice. The incidence of relapses, even following a successful surgical procedure, is high and reaches 20-25% during the 5-year follow-up period. The author...

BACKGROUND We carried out a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the impact of prophylactic dexamethasone on post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV), post-operative pain, and complications in patients undergoing thyroidectomy. METHODS We searched Pubmed, Embase, and Cochrane Library databases for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that evaluated the prophylactic effect of dexame...

Background: Tonsillectomy is associated with early and late postoperative complications in the children. Previous studies have shown some effects of dexamethasone; however, there has been a lack of studies that evaluate its effects on other complications, including odynophagia and otalgia. Objectives: We aimed to investigate the effects of dexamethasone on odynophagia and otalgia after surgery....

Background: Pain management after a total-knee arthroplasty (TKA) has become an important issue in the field of medicine. Objective: This study conducted meta-analysis from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to assess efficacy and safety dexamethasone for pain TKA. Methods: PubMed, Medline, Embase, ScienceDirect, Cochrane Library were searched up December 2021 comparative RCTs involving placeb...

Background andObjectives: This multicenter, randomized trial compared intravenous (IV) and perineural (PN) dexamethasone for ultrasound (US)-guided infraclavicular brachial plexus block. Our research hypothesis was both modalities would result in similar durations of motor block. Methods: One hundred fifty patients undergoing upper limb surgery with US-guided infraclavicular block were randomly...

Article history: Received on: 13/11/2015 Revised on: 07/02/2016 Accepted on: 19/04/2016 Available online: 28/05/2016 Postoperative sore throat and other airway morbidities are common and troublesome after endotracheal intubation general anesthesia. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of dexamethasone added to intracuff lidocaine on decreasing the respiratory complications after gen...

BACKGROUND Epidurally administered dexamethasone may reduce the incidence and severity of postoperative pain. We investigated whether postoperative pain could be alleviated by preoperative or postoperative epidural dexamethasone administration in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery. METHODS Ninety patients (age 30-77 with American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I and II)...