Treatment of post-operative nausea and vomiting: Comparison of propofol, droperidol and metoclopramide

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 115-120

  Lacroix, Gilles ^a   Lessard, Martin R ^a   Trépanier, Claude A ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

anesthetics, intravenous: propofol; antiemetic: propofol; droperidol; metoclopramide; complications, postoperative: nausea; vomiting

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; DROPERIDOL; FENTANYL; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PROPOFOL; SUFENTANIL; ANTIEMETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIEMETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VOMITING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ANTIEMETICS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DROPERIDOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPOFOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VOMITING;

EID: 0029662238     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03011251     Document Type: Article

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