Dexamethasone as an Analgesic Adjunct for Postcesarean Delivery Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 3

Intraoperative and postoperative nausea and vomiting and pruritus outcomes.

	Dexamethasone (n = 23)	Placebo (n = 24)	value
Incidence of intraoperative nausea	5 (21.7%)	2 (8.3%)	0.245^2
Incidence of intraoperative vomiting	4 (17.4%)	5 (20.8%)	1.000^2
Intraoperative antiemetic administered	10 (43.5%)	9 (37.5%)	0.676^3
Postoperative nausea scores
2 h	0 (0, 4)	1.5 (0, 8.5)	0.058^1
24 h	0 (0, 0)	0 (0, 4.5)	0.149^1
48 h	0 (0, 0)	0 (0, 0)	0.563^1
Incidence of postoperative nausea	10 (43.5%)	15 (62.5%)	0.191^3
Incidence of postoperative vomiting/retching
2 h	4 (17.4%)	11 (45.8%)	0.060^2
24 h	4 (17.4%)	10 (41.6%)	0.111^2
48 h	0	0
Number of vomiting/retching episodes
2 h	0 (0, 0)	0 (0, 2.0)	0.046^1
24 h	0 (0, 0)	0 (0, 2.0)	0.065^1
48 h	0 (0, 0)	0 (0, 0)
Postoperative antiemetic administered	10 (43.5%)	18 (75.0%)	0.028^3
Complete response	1 (4.3%)	2 (8.3%)	1.000^2
Postoperative pruritus	16 (69.5%)	17 (70.8%)	0.924^3
Postoperative antipruritic administered	12 (52%)	12 (50%)	0.881^3

N (%); median values (Q1, Q3); IONV (intraoperative nausea and vomiting); PONV (postoperative nausea and vomiting). ¹Wilcoxon rank-sum test. ²Fisher exact test. ³Chi-square test.