Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Effects of Preoperative Dexamethasone on Postoperative Quality of Recovery Following Vaginal Reconstructive Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Brief Summary: The investigators hypothesize that preoperative administration of 8 mg IV dexamethasone will benefit patients' perceived quality of recovery after surgery.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* 18-80 yrs of age
* American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status 1-3
* Scheduled for outpatient TEP bilateral inguinal hernia repair

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients refusal to participate
* inability to give consent
* drug allergies to medications used in study
* pregnancy
* bleeding diathesis
* conversion to an open procedure
* any subject whose anatomy, or surgical procedure, in the opinion of the investigator might preclude the potential successful performance of a TAP block
* any subject whose anatomy, or surgical procedure, in the opinion of the investigator, might preclude the potential successful performance of a TAP block
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* Scheduled for a diagnostic laparoscopy for suspected appendicitis
* ASA clas I-III

Exclusion Criteria:

* Known inflammatory bowel disease
* Known autoimmune disease.
* Chronic pain patient.
* Pregnant or breastfeeding.
* In treatment with systemic corticoid steroids or immune-depressants.
* Known glaucoma.
* Known ocular herpes simplex.
* Vaccination within 14 days prior to inclusion.
* Known cushing's disease.
* Known myasthenia gravis.
* Presumably poor compliance with study protocol.
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* Women aged 18-81 years old who are scheduled to undergo a major vaginal reconstructive surgery, including hysterectomy with or without hysterectomy

Exclusion Criteria:

* Daily use of steroids or antiemetic agents such as Zofran, Reglan, Compazine and Phenargan within one month of surgery
* Regional anesthesia for surgical procedure
* Chronic pain requiring opioid treatment daily
* History of allergy to the study medication
* Severe renal and liver disease
* Pregnancy
* Non English speaking
* Psychiatric disorder that will preclude completion of questionnaires
* Minor surgery that does not involve overnight admission
* Surgery that does not involve hysterectomy or vaginal intraperitoneal apical suspension
* Hypersensitivity reaction to steroids
* Evidence of systemic fungal infection
* Evidence of any systemic infection
* Uncontrolled diabetes
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients undergoing lumbar disc surgery in general anaesthesia.
* Patients who have given their written consent to participate and understand the contents of the protocol.
* ASA 1-3.
* BMI \> 18 og \< 40.
* Fertile women need a negative HCG urine test.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients who cannot cooperate to the study.
* Patients who do not speak and/or understand Danish.
* Fertile women with a positive HCG urine test.
* Allergy to the drugs used in the trial.
* Alcohol or medicine abuse, assessed by investigator.
* Patients who have had spine surgery before.
* Daily use of strong opioids (morphine, ketobemidone, oxynorm, methadone, fentanyl)
* Daily oral steroid treatment.

Answer: C