The Effect of Single Dose of Dexamethasone on Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is now the gold standard for the treatment of symptomatic gallstone disease. Despite the minimally invasive nature of laparoscopy, high incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) remains a major cause of morbidity. The aim of the pres...

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Main Authors: hamidreza Hemmati, raheb Ghorbani, babak Hossein-Zadeh, hadith Ebrahim-Zadeh, saeed Shakeri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Babol University of Medical Sciences 2014-11-01
Series:Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Bābul
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Online Access:http://jbums.org/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1050-3&slc_lang=en&sid=1