A comparison of costs and efficacy of ondansetron and droperidol as prophylactic antiemetic therapy for elective outpatient gynecologic procedures

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 304-313

  Tang, Jun ^a   Watcha, Mehernoor F ^a   White, Paul F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROPERIDOL; EDROPHONIUM; FENTANYL; KETOROLAC; NITROUS OXIDE; ONDANSETRON; OXYGEN; ROCURONIUM; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL;

ANTIEMETIC ACTIVITY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SLEEP; VOMITING; WORK RESUMPTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANTIEMETICS; ANXIETY; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DECISION TREES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DROPERIDOL; EATING; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; NAUSEA; ONDANSETRON; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PLACEBOS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; SLEEP; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; VOMITING;

EID: 0030038578     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199608000-00018     Document Type: Article

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