Retracted: Antiemetic Efficacy of Low‐Dose Midazolam in Patients Undergoing Thyroidectomy

Abstract

Midazolam 50 µg/kg is as effective as midazolam 75 µg/kg for preventing postoperative vomiting, but not postoperative nausea, during the first 24 hours after anesthesia in patients undergoing thyroidectomy.

Bilateral Superficial Cervical Plexus Block Reduces Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting and Early Postoperative Pain after Thyroidectomy

“…1 The present study found that the total incidence of PONV was 75% in patients who underwent thyroidectomy without BSCPB (saline group). Many strategies have been evaluated in the clinical setting to avoid the frequent and often distressing incidence of PONV associated with anaesthesia and surgery, including prophylactic antiemetics, 11,12 low-dose midazolam 13 and the use of different anaesthetic techniques. 14 Among patients at high risk of PONV, nonpharmacological therapies should be considered if general anaesthesia is used.…”

Clinical study of transdiaphragmatic pressure during general anaesthesia in the dog

“…Moreover, another retraction of Fujii's work came from Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery according to Richard Rosenfeld, editor in chief of the journal. The paper "Antiemetic efficacy of low--dose midazolam in patients undergoing thyroidectomy" was published electronically in December 2010 and it was retracted in January 2012 (Fujii & Itakura 2011).…”