Effective dose of granisetron for preventing postoperative emesis in children

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 660-664

  Fujii, Yoshitaka ^a,c   Toyooka, Hidenori ^a   Tanaka, Hiroyoshi ^b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Toride Kyodo General Hospital   (Japan)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

COMPLlCATIONS: retching; granisetron; strabismus repair; SURGERY: paediatric; tonsillectomy; vomiting; VOMITING: antiemetics

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; GRANISETRON; NITROUS OXIDE; PARACETAMOL; PENTAZOCINE; SEROTONIN 3 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST; SEVOFLURANE; THIOPENTAL;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRABISMUS; TONSILLECTOMY; VOMITING;

EID: 0029743784     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03017947     Document Type: Article

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