Single-dose i.v. granisetron in the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 515-518

  Wilson, A J ^a   Diemunsch, P ^b   Lindeque, B G ^c   Scheinin, H ^d   Helbo Hansen, H S ^e   Kroeks, M V A M ^f   Kong, K L ^a  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HÔPITAL CIVIL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Vomiting, antiemetics; Vomiting, nausea

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DROPERIDOL; GRANISETRON; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PROCHLORPERAZINE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY; VOMITING;

EID: 0030007362     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/76.4.515     Document Type: Article

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