Prediction of postoperative nausea and vomiting using a logistic regression model

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 347-351

  Toner, Christopher C ^a   Broomhead, Christopher J ^a   Littlejohn, Ian H ^a   Samra, Gurdip S ^a   Powney, Jolyon G ^a   Palazzo, Mark G A ^a   Strunin, Leo ^a   Evans, Stephen J W ^b  

^a Anaesthetics Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Model, logistic regression; Vomiting, incidence; Vomiting, nausea; Vomiting, nausea, an aesthetic factors; Vomiting, nausea, surgical factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; OPIATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTION SICKNESS; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VOMITING;

EID: 0030027657     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/76.3.347     Document Type: Article

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