Propranolol Reduces the Anxiety Associated with Day Case Surgery

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-14

  Mealy, Kenneth ^a,b   Ngeh, Nicholas ^c   Gillen, Peter ^c   Fitzpatrick, Gerry ^a   Keane, Frank B V ^c   Tanner, Arthur ^c  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PROPRANOLOL;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; DAY HOSPITAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; PROPRANOLOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030040374     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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