A Randomized Controlled Trial for Prevention of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting after Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: Aprepitant/Dexamethasone vs. Mirtazapine/Dexamethasone.

Tarek M Ashoor Dina Y Kassim Ibrahim M Esmat

Published in: Anesthesiology research and practice (2022)

Aprepitant/dexamethasone combination and mirtazapine/dexamethasone combination were superior to dexamethasone alone in alleviating postoperative nausea and vomiting in morbidly obese patients scheduled to undergo laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT04013386.

Keyphrases

obese patients
high dose
low dose
bariatric surgery
patients undergoing
gastric bypass
roux en y gastric bypass
clinical trial
randomized controlled trial