Title: [Efficiency of using ondansetron in the surgical treatment of post-burn cicatricial deformity in children with a history of postoperative nausea and vomiting].
Abstract:The efficiency of using various formulations of the antiemetic ondansetron to prevent postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) in the surgical treatment of postburn scars and deformities in children w...The efficiency of using various formulations of the antiemetic ondansetron to prevent postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) in the surgical treatment of postburn scars and deformities in children with a family history of PONV was compared. The patients were randomized into 4 representative groups. Preoperative administration of ondansetron (zofran) as lingual tablets was shown to be most effective. When the drug was used as syrup, PONV developed 2 times more frequently (PONV in 20% of the patients and 3 times more commonly when the drug was intravenously injected as jets during induction to anesthesia (PONV in 30% of the patients. When antiemetics were not given (a control group), the incidence was 7.5 times greater (75% of cases).Read More
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['pubmed']
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