Hydroxyzine premedication - Does it provide better anxiolysis than a placebo?

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 661-664

  Boon, J H ^a   Hopkins, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; HYDROXYZINE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESTLESSNESS; SWEATING; TIME; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; TREMOR;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; COUNSELING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYZINE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; PREANESTHETIC MEDICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029838713     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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