Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
Volume 21, Issue 7 , Pages 469-473 , November 2009

Sevoflurane with or without antiemetic prophylaxis of dexamethasone in spontaneously breathing patients undergoing outpatient anorectal surgery

  • Jyh-I Wu, MD (Visiting Anesthesiologist)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesia, Kaohsiung Municipal Min-Sheng Hospital, Kaohsiung 80276, Taiwan
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  • Shao-Fong Lu, MD (Visiting Anesthesiologist)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Kaohsiung Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung 83307, Taiwan
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  • Yuan-Yi Chia, MD (Associate Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital and School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Kaohsiung 81346, Taiwan
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  • Lin-Cheng Yang, MD (Associate Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, E-DA Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung 82445, Taiwan
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  • Wen-Po Fong, MD (Visiting Anesthesiologist)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesia, Kaohsiung Municipal Min-Sheng Hospital, Kaohsiung 80276, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ping-Heng Tan, MD, PhD (Associate Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, E-DA Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung 82445, Taiwan
    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, E-DA Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung 82445, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. LN 183, Rong-Jong Rd., Kaohsiung 813, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 7 347 7902; fax: +886 7 342 3348.

Received 12 September 2007 ,Revised 3 November 2008 ,Accepted 10 November 2008.

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☆ Supported in part by National Science Council Grant NSC 95-2314-B-214-011, Taipei, Taiwan.

PII: S0952-8180(09)00212-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2008.11.007

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
Volume 21, Issue 7 , Pages 469-473 , November 2009

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