Ondansetron prevents postoperative emesis in male outpatients

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 644-651

  Kovac, Anthony L ^a,e   Pearman, Michael H ^b   Khalil, Samia N ^a   Scuderi, Phillip E ^c   Joslyn, Alan F ^d   Prillaman, Barbara A ^d   Cox, Fred ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Baptist Medical Center   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

5 hydroxytryptamine (5HT 3); anesthesia, ambulatory; Antagonists, serotonin; complication, postoperative; emesis; nausea, vomiting; ondansetron, receptor serotonin; outpatients, males; pharmacoeconomics

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ATROPINE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; EDROPHONIUM; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; NEOSTIGMINE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ONDANSETRON; OPIATE; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCED ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; THROAT DISEASE; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANTIEMETICS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MOTION SICKNESS; NAUSEA; ONDANSETRON; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PLACEBOS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREMEDICATION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VOMITING;

EID: 0030455772     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(96)00173-0     Document Type: Article

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