Granisetron reduces vomiting after strabismus surgery and tonsillectomy in children

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-38

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

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Toride Kyodo General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, paediatric; Complications, vomiting; Surgery, strabismus repair, tonsillectomy; Vomiting, antiemetics, granisetron

Indexed keywords

GRANISETRON; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRABISMUS SURGERY; TONSILLECTOMY; VOMITING;

EID: 0030023251     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03015955     Document Type: Article

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