Low incidence of the oculocardiac reflex and postoperative nausea and vomiting in adults undergoing strabismus surgery

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 830-835

  Tramèr, Martin R ^a   Fuchs Buder, Thomas ^a   Sansonetti, Alessandra ^a   Rifat, Kaplan ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ATROPINE; ISOFLURANE; PROPOFOL; THIOPENTAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; OCULOCARDIAC REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRABISMUS SURGERY; VOMITING;

EID: 0030715367     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03013159     Document Type: Article

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