The anti-emetic efficacy of a combination of ondansetron and droperidol

Anaesthesia

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 863-868

  Koivuranta, M ^a   Jokela, R ^b   Kiviluoma, K ^a   Alahuhta, S ^a  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b LAPLAND CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Pharmacology; ondansetron, droperidol; Surgery; laparoscopic; Vomiting; nausea

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; DROPERIDOL; ONDANSETRON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VOMITING;

EID: 0030934948     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1997.234-az0366.x     Document Type: Article

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