Table 3.

Antiemetic doses for prophylaxis of postoperative vomiting (POV) in children.

Drug	Dose
Dexamethasone	150 μg/Kg up to 5 mg
Dimenhydrinate	0.5 mg/Kg up to 25 mg
Dolasetron	350 μg/kg up to 12.5 mg
Droperidola	10–15 μg/Kg up to 1.25 mg
Granisetron	40 μg/Kg up to 0.6 mg.
Ondansetronb	50–100 μg/Kg up to 4 mg.
Perphenazine	70 μg/Kg up to 5 mg
Tropisetron	0.1 mg/Kg up to 2 mg.

^aSee food and drug administration (FDA) “black box” warning.

Recommended doses 10 to 15 μg/Kg.

^bApproved for POV in paediatric patients aged one month and older.

Reproduced from the original article by Gan et al. [52].