Effective dose of granisetron in the reduction of nausea and vomiting after breast surgery

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1167-1170

  Fujii, Y ^a,b   Tanaka, H ^a   Toyooka, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complications: nausea, vomiting; Surgery: breast; Vomiting: antiemetics, granisetron

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; GRANISETRON; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; BREAST SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VOMITING;

EID: 0030707929     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1997.tb04860.x     Document Type: Article

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