The prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting using a combination of ondansetron and droperidol

Anaesthesia

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 776-778

  Wrench, I J ^a   Ward, J E H ^a   Walder, A D ^a   Hobbs, G J ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiemetics; droperidol, ondansetron; Complications; nausea, vomiting; Patient controlled analgesia

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; DROPERIDOL; MORPHINE; ONDANSETRON; OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VOMITING;

EID: 0029760258     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1996.tb07895.x     Document Type: Article

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