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A comparison of the effect of pretreatment with intravenous dexamethasone, intravenous ketamine, and their combination, for suppression of remifentanil-induced cough: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial

Mohammadreza Safavi, Azim Honarmand, Farnaz Khalighinejad

Advanced Biomedical Research · 2013 · 13 citations · 26 references

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We found that pretreatment with 10 mg ketamine in combination with 10 mg dexamethasone five minutes prior to the injection of remifentanil could significantly reduce the incidence of RIC, and it was better than using each drug singly.

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