The Impact of Prophylactic Dexamethasone on Nausea and Vomiting after Thyroidectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Background

We carried out a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the impact of prophylactic dexamethasone on post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV), post-operative pain, and complications in patients undergoing thyroidectomy.

Methods

We searched Pubmed, Embase, and Cochrane Library databases for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that evaluated the prophylactic effect of dexamethasone versus placebo with or without other antiemetics for PONV in patients undergoing thyroidectomy. Meta-analyses were performed using RevMan 5.0 software.

Results

Thirteen RCTs that considered high quality evidence including 2,180 patients were analyzed. The meta-analysis demonstrated a significant decrease in the incidence of PONV (RR 0.52, 95% CI 0.43 to 0.63, P<0.00001), the need for rescue anti-emetics (RR 0.42, 95% CI 0.30 to 0.57, P<0.00001), post-operative pain scores (WMD –1.17, 95% CI –1.91 to –0.44, P = 0.002), and the need for rescue analgesics (RR 0.65, 95% CI 0.50–0.83, P = 0.0008) in patients receiving dexamethasone compared to placebo, with or without concomitant antiemetics. Dexamethasone 8–10mg had a significantly greater effect for reducing the incidence of PONV than dexamethasone 1.25–5mg. Dexamethasone was as effective as other anti-emetics for reducing PONV (RR 1.25, 95% CI 0.86–1.81, P = 0.24). A significantly higher level of blood glucose during the immediate post-operative period in patients receiving dexamethasone compared to controls was the only adverse event.

Conclusions

Prophylactic dexamethasone 8–10mg administered intravenously before induction of anesthesia should be recommended as a safe and effective strategy for reducing the incidence of PONV, the need for rescue anti-emetics, post-operative pain, and the need for rescue analgesia in thyroidectomy patients, except those that are pregnant, have diabetes mellitus, hyperglycemia, or contraindications for dexamethasone. More high quality trials are warranted to define the benefits and risks of prophylactic dexamethasone in potential patients with a high risk for PONV.     

药学干预对乳腺癌患者辅助化疗期间恶心呕吐和生活质量影响的研究

目的:探讨药学干预对乳腺癌患者辅助化疗期间恶心呕吐和生活质量的影响。方法:采用前瞻性队列研究,共入组87例乳腺癌术后患者。在接受辅助化疗前随机分为干预组(n=44)和对照组(n=43),干预组患者在接受化疗和常规支持治疗的同时,针对化疗引起的恶心呕吐由临床药师对患者进行咨询并指导用药,优化对症治疗方案,对照组仅接受化疗和常规支持治疗。比较两组患者对止吐药物的完全反应率、恶心严重程度、呕吐频次和生活质量。结果:化疗的前3个周期两组对止吐药物的完全缓解率分别为37.2%和63.6%,46.5%和75.0%,44.2%和72.7%,干预组完全缓解率明显高于对照组(P=0.014,P=0.006,P=0.007)。干预组的急性和迟发性恶心较对照组轻(P=0.023,P=0.045),急性和迟发性呕吐频率较对照组明显减少(P=0.006,P=0.034)。生活质量测评显示干预组患者的总健康状况较对照组升高(P=0.028),恶心、呕吐和食欲丧失的症状评分较对照组降低(P=0.025,P=0.045)。结论:临床药师对乳腺癌患者辅助化疗期间进行药学干预可明显减轻患者恶心、呕吐的副反应,并可改善生活质量。临床药师参与乳腺癌患者辅助化疗期间的对症治疗值得在临床广泛推广。     

地塞米松联合昂丹司琼对胸腔镜术后病人静脉自控镇痛PONV的影响

目的:观察地塞米松联合昂丹司琼对胸腔镜术后病人自控静脉镇痛(PCIA)相关恶心呕吐的防治效果。方法:120例ASAⅠ~Ⅱ接受胸腔镜手术的患者,随机分为两组:地塞米松与昂丹司琼联合组(OD组)和昂丹司琼组(O组)。OD组患者在诱导时给予10 mg地塞米松,O组给予等量生理盐水,在手术结束前10分钟时,患者均给予静脉注射8 mg昂丹司琼,术后均行病人自控静脉镇痛(PCIA:生理盐水将2μg/kg舒芬太尼和8 mg昂丹司琼稀释到100 m L)。观察术后48小时内的恶心呕吐的发生率及严重程度。结果:在术后恶心呕吐整体发生率上OD组(53.3%)与O组(60%),差异无统计学意义(P0.05),但在重度PONV发生率上OD组(10%)要显著低于O组(26.7%),差异有统计学意义(P0.05)。结论:地塞米松联合昂丹司琼能有效地降低胸腔镜手术后以舒芬太尼为主的病人自控静脉镇痛所致严重恶心呕吐的发生率。     

A Novel Approach to Optimize and Formulate Fast Disintegrating Tablets for Nausea and Vomiting

The aim of this study was to optimize and formulate fast disintegrating tablets (FDTs) for nausea and vomiting using aminoacetic acid, carmellose and sodium alginate with enough mechanical strength. Ondansetron HCl (water soluble) or domperidone (water insoluble) drug were added to FDTs and their disintegration behaviour was evaluated. Plackett Burman Screening Design was used to screen the independent active process variables [concentration of aminoacetic acid (X ₁), concentration of carmellose (X ₂) and tablet crushing strength (X ₃)] which were found to actively influence the dependent variables [disintegration time in the mouth (DT), wetting time (WT), and water absorption ratio (WAR)] for both the drugs. Also, the coefficients of active variables (DT, WT and WAR) of FDTs containing domperidone was found to be significantly different (P < 0.05) from the coefficients of active factors (X ₁, X ₂ and X ₃) containing ondansetron HCl FDTs. Further, FDTs containing domperidone was prepared according to central composite design for estimating the effect of active factors (X ₁, X ₂, X ₃) in extended spherical domain. The regression analysis of quadratic fit revealed that DT, WT and WAR were 98% correlated with active factors (X ₁, X ₂ or X ₃). The optimized domperidone FDTs were further compared with superdisintegrants (croscarmellose sodium or crospovidone). The data revealed that optimized domperidone FDTs were better than domperidone FDTs containing croscarmellose or crospovidone. Hence, this novel excipients combination can be used for delivery of water insoluble drugs in place of superdisintegrants.     

The Effectiveness of Acupuncture in Prevention and Treatment of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting - A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Background

Acupuncture therapy for preventive and treatment of postoperative nausea and vomiting(PONV), a condition which commonly present after anaesthesia and surgery is a subject of growing interest.

Objective

This paper included a systematic review and meta-analysis on the effect of different type of acupuncture and acupoint selection in PONV prevention and treatment.

Methods

Randomised controlled trials(RCTs) comparing acupuncture with non-acupuncture treatment were identified from databases PubMed, Cochrane, EBSCO, Ovid, CNKI and Wanfangdata. Meta-analysis on eligible studies was performed using fixed-effects model with RevMan 5.2. Results were expressed as RR for dichotomous data, with 95%CI.

Results

Thirty RCTs, 1276 patients (intervention) and 1258 patients (control) were identified. Meta-analysis showed that PC6 acupuncture significantly reduced the number of cases of early vomiting (postoperative 0-6h) (RR=0.36, 95%CI 0.19,0.71; P=0.003) and nausea (postoperative 0-24h) (RR=0.25, 95%CI 0.10,0.61; P=0.002), but not early nausea (postoperative 0-6h) (RR=0.64, 95%CI 0.34,1.19; P=0.150) and vomiting (postoperative 0-24h) (RR=0.82, 95%CI 0.48,1.38; P=0.450). PC6 acupressure significantly reduced the number of cases of nausea (RR=0.71, 95%CI 0.57,0.87; P=0.001) and vomiting (RR=0.62, 95%CI 0.49,0.80; P=0.000) at postoperative 0-24h. PC6 electro-acupoint stimulation significantly reduced the number of cases of nausea (RR=0.49, 95%CI 0.38,0.63; P<0.000) and vomiting (RR=0.50, 95%CI 0.36,0.70; P<0.000) at postoperative 0-24h. Stimulation of PC6 with other acupoint(s) significantly reduced the number of cases of nausea and vomiting (RR=0.29, 95%CI 0.17,0.49; P<0.000) at postoperative 0-24h. Stimulation of other acupoint(s)(non PC6) also significantly reduced the number of cases of nausea and vomiting (RR=0.63, 95%CI 0.49,0.81; P=0.000) at postoperative 0-24h. However, the quality of study was generally low in studies of PC6 combined with other acupoint(s) and other acupoint(s). Details of blinding were not reported in most reports.

Conclusions

Besides PC6, PC6 combined with other acupoint(s) and other alternative acupoint(s) might be beneficial in prevention and treatment of PONV, the evidence justifies future high-quality studies.     

托烷司琼与帕洛诺司琼用于小儿骨科术后镇痛预防恶心呕吐的效果研究

摘要 目的：比较托烷司琼与帕洛诺司琼用于小儿骨科术后镇痛时预防恶心呕吐的效果。方法：纳入2019年3月到2021年3月在我院进行骨科手术的儿童60例,根据术后镇痛泵中使用止吐药物的不同分为托烷司琼组和帕洛诺司琼组,每组30例,比较两组患儿术前、术后的心率（HR）、平均动脉压（MAP）,在术后48小时内,观察两组患儿恶心呕吐、头晕头痛、皮肤瘙痒以及呼吸抑制等术后并发症。视觉模拟评分法（VAS）评估患儿术后疼痛,Ramsay量表评估患儿术后镇静效果。结果：托烷司琼和帕洛诺司琼组患儿在术前和术后HR和MAP比较均无显著差异（P>0.05）;托烷司琼组和帕洛诺司琼组患儿术后VAS评分、Ramsay评分均随时间延长而降低,且同一时间点两组患儿VAS评分无显著差异（P>0.05）;帕洛诺司琼组术后PONV发生率（20.00 %）高于托烷司琼组（3.33 %）（P<0.05）。帕洛诺司琼组和托烷司琼组患儿出现头晕头痛、皮肤瘙痒以及呼吸抑制例数分别为3/2例、1/0例和1/0例。两组间术后并发症发生率比较无差异（P>0.05）。结论：托烷司琼与帕洛诺司琼对骨科手术后儿童血流动力学、疼痛和镇静效果并无差异,但在预防术后恶心呕吐方面托烷司琼效果优于帕洛诺司琼。     

地塞米松预防乳癌患者术后恶心呕吐的有效性和安全性的临床研究

目的：分析地塞米松对接受乳癌根治术的患者术后恶心呕吐、血糖、皮质醇、出血和感染的影响,明确其临床使用的有效性和安全性。方法：将160 例择期全麻下行单侧乳癌改良根治术的女性患者随机分为实验组（地塞米松组,n=80）和对照组（生理盐水组,n=80）。检测两组患者术后第1 天和第3 天血糖和血清皮质醇水平,记录术后1～3天恶心呕吐次数和抗呕吐药物的使用量,比较两组术后1 周内出血和感染的发生情况。结果：实验组患者术后第1 天的恶心发生率显著低于对照组,术后1～2 天的呕吐发生率均显著低于对照组,术后第1 天血清皮质醇较对照组显著降低（P〈0.05）。两组患者术后血糖水平比较无统计学差异（P〉0.05）。术后1 周内,两组患者出血和感染的发生情况比较均无显著性差异（P〉0.05）。结论：地塞米松可有效地预防乳癌改良根治术患者术后恶心呕吐,短暂抑制术后内源性皮质醇水平,不增加患者术后高血糖、出血和感染的风险。     

昂丹司琼联合泮托拉唑对宫颈癌同步放化疗所致恶心呕吐的临床疗效

摘要 目的：研究昂丹司琼联合泮托拉唑对宫颈癌同步放化疗所致恶心呕吐的临床疗效。方法：选择2018年1月～2020年1月我院收治的79例宫颈癌患者,均采取同步化疗,将其随机分为两组。对照组在当天化疗前30 min和随后的6 d连续静脉注射昂丹司琼,每次8 mg,1次/d;同时给予地塞米松磷酸钠注射液10 mg,1次/d。观察组在昂丹司琼的基础上静脉注射泮托拉唑,每次40 mg,1次/d,给药的时间与昂丹司琼相同。比较两组宫颈癌患者恶心呕吐的完全缓解率、癌因性疲乏评分和不良反应的发生情况。结果：两组化疗第1、2 d恶心呕吐的完全缓解率比较差异无明显统计学意义(P>0.05),观察组化疗第3、4、5、6 d恶心呕吐的完全缓解率分别为76.92 %、79.49 %、87.18 %、87.18 %,均明显高于对照组(P<0.05);观察组的癌因性疲乏评分为(45.39±7.29)分,明显低于对照组的(67.24±8.36)分(P<0.05);两组的乏力嗜睡、便秘、椎体外系反应、失眠/不安、腹泻、轻度头痛的发生率比较无明显统计学差异(P>0.05)。结论：昂丹司琼联合泮托拉唑对宫颈癌同步放化疗所致恶心呕吐的疗效显著优于单用昂丹司琼治疗,并能明显减轻癌因性疲乏,且安全性高。     

Gender-Specific Differences in Low-Dose Haloperidol Response for Prevention of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting: A Register-Based Cohort Study

Background

Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is one of the most common and distressing complications after general anesthesia and surgery, with young non-smoking females receiving postoperative opioids being high-risk patients. This register-based study aims to evaluate the effect of low-dose haloperidol (0.5 mg intravenously) directly after induction of general anesthesia to reduce the incidence of PONV in the postoperative anesthesiological care unit (PACU).

Methods

Multivariable regression models were used to investigate the association between low-dose haloperidol and the occurrence of PONV using a patient registry containing 2,617 surgical procedures carried out at an university hospital.

Results

Haloperidol 0.5 mg is associated with a reduced risk of PONV in the total collective (adjusted odds ratio = 0.75, 95% confidence interval: [0.56, 0.99], p = 0.05). The results indicate that there is a reduced risk in male patients (adjusted odds ratio = 0.45, 95% confidence interval: [0.28, 0.73], p = 0.001) if a dose of 0.5 mg haloperidol was administered while there seems to be no effect in females (adjusted odds ratio = 1.02, 95% confidence interval: [0.71, 1.46], p = 0.93). Currently known risk factors for PONV such as female gender, duration of anesthesia and the use of opioids were confirmed in our analysis.

Conclusion

This study suggests that low-dose haloperidol has an antiemetic effect in male patients but has no effect in female patients. A confirmation of the gender-specific effects we have observed in this register-based cohort study might have major implications on clinical daily routine.