EFFECT OF SINGLE-DOSE PREOPERATIVE DEXAMETHASONE ON POSTOPERATIVE PAIN, NAUSEA AND VOMITING FOLLOWING BREAST SURGERY
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- SurgeryPostoperative pain, nausea and vomiting post-breast surgery
- Registration Number
- PACTR201707002398224
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr. Papa Kobina Gyakye deGraft-Johnson
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
All ASA I and II patients coming for elective breast surgery
Exclusion Criteria
History of allergy to dexamethasone
History of gestational diabetes or diabetes mellitus
Patients on chronic steroid therapy
Immunosuppression and patients on immunosuppressant drugs
History of motion sickness and/or previous PONV after any surgical procedure
History of peptic ulcer disease
Patients with advanced breast disease for palliative procedures (e.g. toilet mastectomy)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Incidence and severity of postoperative pain;Incidence and severity of postoperative nausea and vomiting
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Blood glucose levels;Total amount of opioid used in the first 24 hours postop