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ArticleAnesthesiology research and practice2020

The Quality of Recovery after Dexamethasone, Ondansetron, or Placebo Administration in Patients Undergoing Lower Limbs Orthopedic Surgery under Spinal Anesthesia Using Intrathecal Morphine. A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Eduardo Toshiyuki Moro, Miguel Antônio Teixeira Ferreira, Renyer Dos Santos Gonçalves, Roberta Costa Vargas, Samira Joverno Calil, Maria Alice Soranz, Joshua Bloomstone

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Article in Anesthesiology research and practice, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Major Adverse Cardiac Events with Ondansetron: A Systematic Review.Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Eduardo Toshiyuki MoroDepartment of Surgery, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0145-4111
Miguel Antônio Teixeira FerreiraDepartment of Surgery, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil.
Renyer Dos Santos GonçalvesDepartment of Surgery, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil.
Roberta Costa VargasSchool of Medical and Health Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Samira Joverno CalilSchool of Medical and Health Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Maria Alice SoranzSchool of Medical and Health Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Joshua BloomstoneUniversity of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo · BRUniversity of Arizona · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intrathecal morphine is widely and successfully used to prevent postoperative pain after orthopedic surgery, but it is frequently associated with side effects. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of dexamethasone or ondansetron when compared to placebo to reduce the occurrence of these undesirable effects and, consequently, to improve the quality of recovery based on patient's perspective.

Identifiers

PMID32518560
PMCPMC7256731
OpenAlexW3028204927

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