Comparison of ondansetron, metoclopramide and placebo as premedicants to reduce nausea and vomiting after major surgery

Anaesthesia

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 695-698

  Alexander, R ^a,b   Fennelly, M ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pharmacology; metoclopramide, ondansetron; Surgery; orthopaedic; Vomiting; nausea

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; METOCLOPRAMIDE; ONDANSETRON; TEMAZEPAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; NAUSEA; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREMEDICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VOMITING;

EID: 0030873794     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1997.az0130a.x     Document Type: Article

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