Effect of Using Azithromycin Versus Placebo With Dexamethasone in Prevention of Post-spinal Nausea and Vomiting.

Summary

Postoperative nausea and vomiting is defined as any nausea, retching, or vomiting occurring during the first 24-48 h after surgery in inpatients. Postoperative nausea and vomiting is one of the most common causes of patient dissatisfaction after anesthesia, with reported incidences of 30% in all post-surgical patients and up to 80% in high-risk patients. In addition, postoperative nausea and vomiting is regularly rated in preoperative surveys, as the anesthesia outcome the patient would most like to avoid. While suture dehiscence, aspiration of gastric contents, esophageal rupture, and other serious complications associated with postoperative nausea and vomiting are rare, nausea and vomiting is still an unpleasant and all-too-common postoperative morbidity that can delay patient discharge from the post-anesthesia care unit and increase unanticipated hospital admissions in outpatients.

Timeline

Start

2019-06-01

Primary completion

2020-06-01

Completion

2020-12-01

Publications

• Background Abdel-Aleem M, Osman A, Morsy K. Effect of coadministration of dexamethasone with intrathecal morphine on postoperative outcomes after cesarean delivery. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2012 Feb;116(2):158-61. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2011.10.002. Epub 2011 Oct 26.
• Results Rea E, Husbands E. Erythromycin: prophylaxis against recurrent small bowel obstruction. BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2017 Sep;7(3):261-263. doi: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2017-001343. Epub 2017 Mar 29.
• Griffiths JD, Gyte GM, Popham PA, Williams K, Paranjothy S, Broughton HK, Brown HC, Thomas J. Interventions for preventing nausea and vomiting in women undergoing regional anaesthesia for caesarean section. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2021 May 18;5(5):CD007579. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007579.pub3.

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