Acupuncture in the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting

Anaesthesia

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 658-661

  Al Sadi, M ^a   Newman, B ^a   Julious, S A ^b  

^a POOLE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Vomiting; nausea

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VOMITING;

EID: 0030796714     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1997.143-az0147.x     Document Type: Article

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