Steroids prevent nausea and vomiting after day-case surgery, but do they harm the immune system?
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Postoperative immune functionAnaesthesiology - Anaesthetics
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12608000340336
- Lead Sponsor
- Professor Michael Paech
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 75
Inclusion Criteria
Females undergoing day-case laparoscopic gynaecological surgery.
American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification 1-3 patients
Exclusion Criteria
Current drug therapry with drugs with antiemetic or systemic steroidal activity.
Known or suspected malignancy.
Patients receiving implants such as mesh repairs.
Opioid-tolerence.
Hypertension.
Diabetes mellitus.
Peptic ulceration.
Intolerence to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
Hypersensitivity to dexathethasone, granisetron or droperidol
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method