scholarly journals Antiemetic prophylaxis against postoperative nausea and vomiting with ondansetron-dexamethasone combination compared to ondansetron or dexamethasone alone for patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy

1970 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 319-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Gautam ◽  
BR Shrestha ◽  
P Lama ◽  
S Rai

Background: Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is a common distressing experience in patients following laparoscopic surgeries. This study was aimed at comparing the efficacies of Ondansetron-Dexamethasone combination with each drug alone as a prophylaxis against PONV in patients after elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy done under general anaesthesia. Materials and methods: Hundred and fifty ASA I and II patients, aged 23 to 65 yrs, were enrolled in this prospective, randomized, double-blind trial to receive one of three treatment regimens: 4 mg Ondansetron (Group O), 8 mg Dexamethasone (Group D) or 4 mg Ondansetron plus 8 mg Dexamethasone (Group OD) (n=50 for each). A standardized balanced general anaesthetic technique was employed. Any episode of PONV and need for rescue antiemetic were assessed at six, 12 and 24 hrs post operation. Complete response was defined as no PONV in 24 hrs and need for rescue antiemetic was considered as failure of prophylaxis. Pain scores, time to first analgesia demand, amount of Meperidine consumption, adverse event(s) and duration of hospital stay were recorded. Results: Complete response occurred in 66.7, 66.0 and 89.4% in Groups O, D and OD respectively. Rescue antiemetics were required in 29.2, 31.9 and 8.5% of patients in Groups O, D, and OD respectively. Significantly high incidence of vomiting and failure of prophylaxis (19.1%) occurred in group D during the first six hrs (P=0.023 versus O & 0.008 versus OD). More frequent antiemetic rescue was required in group O at 6 to 24 hr interval as compared to group OD (P=0.032). Conclusion: Combination of Ondansetron and Dexamethasone is better than each drug alone in preventing PONV after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Dexamethasone alone is significantly less effective in preventing early vomiting compared to its combination with Ondansetron; whereas Ondansetron alone is less effective against late PONV as compared with combination therapy. Key words: Antiemetic prophylaxis; Dexamethasone; laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Ondansetron; postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) doi: 10.3126/kumj.v6i3.1706 Kathmandu University Medical Journal (2008), Vol. 6, No. 3, Issue 23, 319-328

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-6
Author(s):  
Lipika Sanjowal ◽  
Swapan Kumar Biswas ◽  
Jitesh Chandra Saha

Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is common after anaesthesia and surgery. In patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) without antiemetic prophylaxis, the incidence can be as high as 76% which would cause unexpected delay in hospital discharge. This study was designed to compare the efficacy of the ondansetron alone with combination of ondansetron and dexamethasone the given as prophylaxis for PONV in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy. One hundred patients undergoing elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy were selected and randomly divided into 2 groups of 50 each. Group I received 4mg of ondansetron intravenously (iv), whereas Group II received ondansetron 4mg and dexamethasone 4mg just before induction of anaesthesia. Postoperatively, the patients were assessed for episodes of nausea, vomiting and need for rescue antiemetic. Complete response defined as no nausea and vomiting during first 24 hours, was noted in 76% of patients in Group I and in 92% of patients in Group II. Rescue anti emetic requirement was less in Group II (4%) than Group I (20%). So it can be concluded that the combination of ondansetron and dexamethasone is more effective in preventing PONV in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy than ondansetron alone.Faridpur Med. Coll. J. 2014;9(1): 3-6


2016 ◽  
Vol 101 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 106-115
Author(s):  
Min Kyoung Kim ◽  
Hyun Kang ◽  
Geun Joo Choi ◽  
Jong In Oh ◽  
So Young Yang ◽  
...  

Our study aimed to compare the efficacy of dexamethasone added to palonosetron to both palonosetron and dexamethasone monotherapy for preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting in highly susceptible patients receiving opioid-based, intravenous patient-controlled analgesia after thyroidectomy. Nonsmoking women who underwent total thyroidectomy were randomly allocated to either the dexamethasone group (Group D), the palonosetron group (Group P), or to the dexamethasone plus palonosetron group (Group DP). The severity of nausea and pain, the number of episodes of vomiting, the administrations of rescue anti-emetics, and the side effects of the antiemetics were documented in the recovery room at 2, 4, 8, 12, 24, and 48 hours after surgery. The severity of nausea was lowest in Group DP, followed by Group P and Group D. But there was an overall difference only between Group D and Group DP. The overall differences in the time to the first administration of the rescue antiemetic were observed in a Kaplan-Meier analysis (P = 0.017), noting a significant difference between Group D and Group DP (P = 0.003). The combination of dexamethasone and palonosetron decreased the severity of nausea and increased the time to the first antiemetic dose compared with using dexamethasone or palonosetron alone in nausea-susceptible patients undergoing thyroidectomy.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinwei Xie ◽  
Yingcun Cai ◽  
Jun Ma ◽  
Qiang Huang ◽  
Zongke Zhou ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) after total joint arthroplasty is common and associated with delayed recovery. This study was performed to evaluate the efficacy of three different prophylactic regimens for PONV after total joint arthroplasty under general anesthesia.Methods: Patients undergoing primary total hip or knee arthroplasty were randomized to Group A (8 mg ondansetron), Group B (10 mg dexamethasone plus mosapride), or Group C (three doses of 10 mg dexamethasone plus mosapride). The primary outcome was the incidence of PONV. The secondary outcomes were complete response, rescue antiemetic treatment, opioid consumption, time until first defecation, postoperative appetite score, satisfaction score, length of hospital stay, blood glucose level, and complications.Results: Patients in Group C experienced a lower incidence of severe PONV (1.72%, p<0.001) and a higher incidence of complete response (70.69%, p=0.001) than did patients in Groups A and B. Moreover, less rescue antiemetic treatment and postoperative opioid consumption was needed in Group C (p<0.05). Additionally, a shorter time until first defecation, shorter length of stay, and better postoperative appetite scores and satisfaction scores were detected in patients in Group C. A slight increase in the fasting blood glucose level was observed in Group C, and the complications were comparable among the groups.Conclusion: Prophylactic use of mosapride and three doses of dexamethasone can provide better antiemetic effectiveness, postoperative appetite, bowel function recovery, and pain relief than a single dose or ondansetron only.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (21) ◽  
pp. 4857
Author(s):  
Jiyoung Lee ◽  
In Kyong Yi ◽  
Jung Youn Han ◽  
Eun Duc Na ◽  
Chunghyun Park ◽  
...  

Multimodal prophylaxis for postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) has been recommended, even in low-risk patients. Midazolam is known to have antiemetic properties. We researched the effects of adding midazolam to the dual prophylaxis of ondansetron and dexamethasone on PONV after gynecologic laparoscopy. In this prospective, randomized, double-blinded trial, 144 patients undergoing gynecological laparoscopic surgery under sevoflurane anesthesia were randomized to receive either normal saline (control group, n = 72) or midazolam 0.05 mg/kg (midazolam group, n = 72) intravenously at pre-induction. All patients were administered dexamethasone 4 mg at induction and ondansetron 4 mg at the completion of the laparoscopy, intravenously. The primary outcome was the incidence of complete response, which implied the absence of PONV without rescue antiemetic requirement until 24 h post-surgery. The complete response during the 24 h following laparoscopy was similar between the two groups: 41 patients (59%) in the control group and 48 patients (72%) in the midazolam group (p = 0.11). The incidence of nausea, severe nausea, retching/vomiting, and administration of rescue antiemetic was comparable between the two groups. The addition of 0.05 mg/kg midazolam at pre-induction to the dual prophylaxis had no additive preventive effect on PONV after gynecologic laparoscopy.


2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mine Celik ◽  
Aysenur Dostbil ◽  
Mehmet Aksoy ◽  
Ilker Ince ◽  
Ali Ahiskalioglu ◽  
...  

Background. Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is one of common complications in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). Aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of subhypnotic (1 mg/kg/h) infusion of propofol with dexamethasone on PONV in patients undergoing LC.Methods. A total of 120 patients were included in this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Patients were randomly assigned to 3 groups; patients of group dexamethasone (group D) were administrated 8 mg dexamethasone before induction of anesthesia, patients of group propofol (group P) were infused to subhypnotic (1 mg/kg/h) propofol during operation and patients of group control (group C) were applied infusion of 10% intralipid. The incidence of PONV and needs for rescue analgesic and antiemetic were recorded in the first 24 h postoperatively.Results. In the 0–24 h, the incidence of PONV was significantly lower in the group D and group P compared with the group C (37.5%, 40%, and 72.5%, resp.). There was no significant difference in the incidence of PONV and use of antiemetics and analgesic between group D and group P.Conclusion. We concluded that infusion of propofol 1 mg/kg/h is as effective as dexamethasone for the prevention of PONV during the first 24 hours after anesthesia in patients undergoing LC.


2002 ◽  
Vol 96 (6) ◽  
pp. 1346-1350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margarita Coloma ◽  
Paul F. White ◽  
Scott D. Markowitz ◽  
Charles W. Whitten ◽  
Amy R. Macaluso ◽  
...  

Background Postoperative nausea and vomiting after laparoscopic cholecystectomy remains a common problem despite routine antiemetic prophylaxis. Therefore, the authors investigated the effect of administering 4 mg intravenous dexamethasone as an adjunct to a 5-HT3 antagonist (12.5 mg intravenous dolasetron) with respect to patient outcome. Methods Outpatients (N = 140) were enrolled in this prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, institutional review board-approved protocol involving two antiemetic treatment groups. After induction of anesthesia, the control group received 1 ml intravenous saline, whereas the dexamethasone group received 4 mg intravenous dexamethasone. Both groups received 12.5 mg intravenous dolasetron at the time of gallbladder removal. A blinded observer recorded the recovery times, emetic episodes, rescue antiemetics, maximum nausea score, and time to achieve discharge criteria. Postdischarge side effects, as well as patient satisfaction and quality of recovery scores were assessed at 24 h after surgery. Results Although there was no difference in the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting in the early recovery period, the dexamethasone group had a shorter stay in the day-surgery unit (136 +/- 57 vs. 179 +/- 62 min) and more rapidly achieved discharge criteria (161 +/- 32 vs. 209 +/- 39 min). In addition, fewer patients in the dexamethasone group experienced nausea at home within 24 h after discharge (13 vs. 28%, P &lt; 0.05). Finally, the dexamethasone group reported higher quality of recovery and patient satisfaction scores (P &lt; 0.05). Conclusions The authors conclude that the adjunctive use of 4 mg intravenous dexamethasone shortened the time to achieve discharge criteria and improved the quality of recovery and patient satisfaction scores after laparoscopic cholecystectomy procedures in outpatients receiving prophylaxis with 12.5 mg intravenous dolasetron.


Author(s):  
Sabina Yeasmeen ◽  
Rubina Yasmin ◽  
AKM Akhtaruzzaman ◽  
UH Shahera Khatun

Postoperative nausea and vomiting are the common morbidity after general anaesthesia and surgery. One of the essential goals of anaesthetic management is to prevent postoperative nausea and vomiting. The consequence of prolonged postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) ranges from unexpected admission of day patients with its economic implications to physical, metabolic and psychological effects on the patients which slow their recovery and reduced their confidence in future surgery and anaesthesia. The present study was designed to compare the efficacy of Granisetron with that of Ondansetron and Metoclopramide in the treatment and prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. This study was also done to observe the incidence of nausea and vomiting in the postoperative period, to observe the requirement of rescue antiemetic, to find out the haemodynamic stability, saturation of arterial oxygen in these groups of subject and to detect the patients satisfaction by verbal rating scale after 24 hours of surgery. A total number of 90 patients, sex female, age range 30-50 years undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy were selected. They were equally divided into three groups of 30 patients. They received a standard general anaesthesia. Group I received injection Granisetron (1mg), Group II received injection Ondansetron (8mg), Group III received injection Metoclopramide (10mg) 10 minutes before reversal of anaesthesia. Postoperative analgesia was provided with injection pethidine (1.5mg/kg/bd.wt.) intramuscularly 8 hourly. In the recovery room occurrence of nausea and vomiting was assessed for 24 hours. The incidence of emesis free (no nausea) was significantly higher in patients who received Ganisetron (90.0%, 27/ 30) than in those who received Ondansetron [(66.7%, 20/30), p=0.028] or metoclopramide [(40.0%, 12/30), p= 0.000].The incidence of vomiting free was significantly higher in patients who received Granisetron (93.3%, 28/30) than in those who received Ondansetron [73.3%, 22/30), p= 0.037] or Metoclopramide [46.7%, 14/30), p= 0.000]. Granisetron was associated with greater patients' satisfaction than Ondansetron and Metoclopramide 40%, 20% and 10% of patients respectively. No need for another rescue antiemetic medication was achieved in 86.7% of patients with granisetron, 70.60% with Ondansetron and 53.3% with Metoclorpramide. The haemodynamic variables, heart rate, blood pressure, SpO2 were recorded carefully in different time intervals. There was no significant difference among the study. So, it can be concluded that Granisetron is more effective than Ondansetron and Metoclopramide in the prevention and treatment of postoperative nausea and vomiting after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Journal of BSA, Vol. 19, No. 1 & 2, 2006 p20-27


2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-96
Author(s):  
D. Costea ◽  
V. Gherghina ◽  
R. Popescu ◽  
Gh. Nicolae ◽  
Iulia Cîndea ◽  
...  

Abstract The aim of our study has been to assess the comparative use of the two NSAIDs, dexketoprofen and ketoprofen, for postoperative analgesia after laparoscopic cholecystectomy mainly following: the quality of the analgesia, the incidence of potential adverse effects (for example, postoperative nausea and vomiting) and the rescue analgesics consumption (tramadol). This prospective, randomized, double-blind study included 90 patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy under general anaesthesia. Patients were randomly assigned into 2 groups: group D (n = 45) - patients that have received dexketoprofen 50 mg in dilution with10 ml saline solution iv., 30 minutes before the induction and group K (n = 45) - patients that have received ketoprofen 100 mg in dilution with 10 ml saline solution iv., 30 minutes before the induction (preemptive analgesia). Surgical interventions were conducted under general anaesthesia, with identical protocol for the two groups of study. Post-surgery analgesic regime consisting in 4 g of paracetamol administered for example in the first 24 hours, was started immediately after surgery. Boluses of tramadol of 100 mg (until 400 mg /daily) have been used as rescue analgesia. The main objectives of our study have been: post-surgery analgesia (VAS at mobilization, 0-100 mm) at 0, 2, 6, 12 and 24 hours after the surgery,the consumption of tramadol, incidence of PONV and the length of hospitalization period (LOS). Secondary objectives of the study have been: the incidence of gastrointestinal symptoms and the incidence of postsurgery blood losses. In the two study groups there have not been any differences concerning demographic data, post-surgery gastro-intestinal symptoms, postsurgery loss of blood and the hospitalization period. VAS was significantly lower in group D vs. K, at 0 and 6 hours after the surgery (p <0,05). The incidence of PONV was lower in the group of patients who received preemptive analgesia with dexketoprofen (p <0,05). The number of tramadol boluses administered and the number of patients requiring backup analgesia was lower in group D comparatively to group K. Preemptive administration of dexketoprofen seems to be more effective than the administration of ketoprofen for post-surgery multimodal analgesia after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The preemptive administration of dexketoprofen also deereases tramadol consumption and the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting.


Author(s):  
Suchismita Naik ◽  
Shweta Kujur ◽  
Miltan Debbarma ◽  
Miltan Debbarma ◽  
Madhumita G. Murthy

Background: Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is common complication after general anesthesia and surgery. This randomized double-blind study was designed to compare the effects of acupressure wrist bands and palonosetron for the prevention of post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV) in laparoscopic cholecystectomy under general anaesthesia.Methods: Sixty ASA I and II patients undergoing elective laparoscopic surgeries under general anaesthesia were divided into two groups. In Group A patients, acupressure wrist bands were applied on p6 point on both hands half an hour before induction. Group P patients received inj. palonosetron 0.075 m.g. i.v. just before induction. Anaesthesia technique was standardized. Post-operatively patients were monitored for nausea, retching or vomiting upto 24 hours. If patients vomited more than once, they were given inj. Metoclopramide 10mg as rescue antiemetic. Efficacy of drugs was compared using Chi square test. ‘p’ value of <0.05 is considered significant.Results: The incidence of PONV and requirement of rescue antiemetic were lower in palonosetron group than acupressure wrist band group.Conclusions: Palonosetron is more effective than acupressure wrist band for prophylaxis of post- operative nausea and vomiting in the patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy under general anaesthesia, but acupressure wrist band can also be used as an alternative non-pharmacological method.


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