Role of preemptive chlorpheniramine maleate in reducing postoperative agitation after functional endoscopic sinus surgeries (FESS)

Abstract Background Agitation with general anesthesia for ear, nose, and throat (ENT) surgeries was so frequent reaching up to 55.4%. Chlorpheniramine maleate a first-generation antihistaminic that antagonizes histamine H1-receptor. It is specifically a potent inverse agonist of the histamine H1 rec...

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Main Authors: Tamer Nabil Abdelrahman, Amr Ahmed Kasem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-07-01
Series:Ain Shams Journal of Anesthesiology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42077-020-00074-x