Why the study?
Drug utilization research provides insight into drug use and consequences, and this study aimed to determine the utilization of pre-anesthetic medications in major surgical procedures.
Population
About 400 patients in the postoperative ward at a tertiary care center in Nepal
Design
Descriptive cross-sectional study
Authors
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Common preanesthetic regimen associated with low PONV in this cohort; leaves open optimal selection pending randomized trials.
Midazolam, pethidine, glycopyrrolate, and ondansetron were the most commonly administered pre-anesthetic drugs in this cohort, associated with a very low incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting.
Shah et al. (2020) studied this question.
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