Dexamethasone and Ondansetron Versus Placebo for Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting

Summary

The investigators want to test if it is indicated to associate dexamethasone and ondansetron in obese patients having bariatric surgery under total intra-venous closed-loop anesthesia.

Timeline

Start

2013-05

Primary completion

2014-01

Completion

2015-03

Publications

• Background Liu N, Chazot T, Hamada S, Landais A, Boichut N, Dussaussoy C, Trillat B, Beydon L, Samain E, Sessler DI, Fischler M. Closed-loop coadministration of propofol and remifentanil guided by bispectral index: a randomized multicenter study. Anesth Analg. 2011 Mar;112(3):546-57. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e318205680b. Epub 2011 Jan 13.
• Background Song JW, Park EY, Lee JG, Park YS, Kang BC, Shim YH. The effect of combining dexamethasone with ondansetron for nausea and vomiting associated with fentanyl-based intravenous patient-controlled analgesia. Anaesthesia. 2011 Apr;66(4):263-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2011.06648.x.
• Bataille A, Letourneulx JF, Charmeau A, Lemedioni P, Leger P, Chazot T, Le Guen M, Diemunsch P, Fischler M, Liu N. Impact of a prophylactic combination of dexamethasone-ondansetron on postoperative nausea and vomiting in obese adult patients undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy during closed-loop propofol-remifentanil anaesthesia: A randomised double-blind placebo-controlled study. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2016 Dec;33(12):898-905. doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000000427.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.