Nausea and vomiting: Choice of drugs and treatment

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 300-305

  Watcha, Mehernoor F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; GRANISETRON; KETOROLAC; NITROUS OXIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ONDANSETRON; PROPOFOL; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST; TROPISETRON;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; DROWSINESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; NAUSEA; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PAIN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEDATION; SHORT SURVEY; VOMITING;

EID: 0029790035     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-199608000-00006     Document Type: Short Survey

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