Reduction of post-operative nausea and vomiting with the combination of morphine and droperidol in patient-controlled analgesia

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1100-1107

  Klahsen, Andrew J ^a   O'Reilly, Deirdre ^a   McBride, John ^a   Ballantyne, Margaret ^a   Parlow, Joel L ^a  

^a KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analgesics: patient controlled analgesia, morphine; Nausea: antiemetics: droperidol, promethazine; Pain: perioperative; Surgery: gynaecological; Vomiting: antiemetics: droperidol, promethazine

Indexed keywords

DROPERIDOL; MORPHINE; PLACEBO; ANTIEMETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIEMETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VOMITING; ADOLESCENT; AGED; DRUG COMBINATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANTIEMETICS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DROPERIDOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VOMITING;

EID: 0030299894     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03011835     Document Type: Article

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