Null hypothesis The proportions of vomiting are not different between dexamethasone and placebo in the patient after sedation with intravenous ketamine and lumbar puncture with intrathecal chemotherapy Alternative hypothesis The proportions of vomiting are different between dexamethasone and placebo in the patient after sedation with intravenous ketamine and lumbar puncture with intrathecal chemotherapy
Does intravenous dexamethasone 0.25 mg/kg (8 mg/m2/dose) have an effect in the reduction of vomiting and retching after sedation with intravenous ketamine and lumbar puncture with intrathecal chemotherapy comparison with placebo?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
32
dexamethasone 0.25 mg/kg (8 mg/m2/dose) intravenous one time
Phramongkutklao hospital
Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
Phramongkutklao Hospital
Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
: To determine whether vomiting and retching associated with intravenous ketamine and intrathecal chemotherapy may be reduced by the addition of prophylactic dexamethasone
Time frame: 24 hours
To determine whether severity of the nausea after procedure may be reduced by the addition of prophylactic dexamethasone.
Time frame: 24 hours
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