Postoperative nausea and vomiting: A comparative survey of the attitudes, perceptions, and practice of Swiss anesthesiologists and surgeons

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 826-831

  Wilder Smith, Oliver H G ^a,c   Martin, Nadine C ^b   Morabia, Alfredo ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b GlaxoSmithKline   (Switzerland)

^c Nociception Research Unit   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VOMITING;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NAUSEA; PERCEPTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGERY; VOMITING;

EID: 0030976754     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199704000-00024     Document Type: Article

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