Intra operative sudden desaturation (Video of the Week)
Anaesthesia News
MAY 25, 2024
[link] DR.J.EDWARD JOHNSON Prof and HOD, Dept of Anaesthesiology, Kanyakumari Govt Medical College and Hospital, Asaripallam, Nagercoil.
Sat.May 25, 2024
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Aprepitant
RK.MD
MAY 25, 2024
Aprepitant (Emend) is a potent, oral antiemetic used to prevent chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) and postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). Fosaprepitant is a prodrug of aprepitant, with the benefit that it can be administered intravenously for patients who are too nauseous to reliably take oral aprepitant. Aprepitant specifically targets and inhibits NK1 receptors, effectively preventing the emetic signals from being transmitted.
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