Meta-analytic comparison of prophylactic antiemetic efficacy for postoperative nausea and vomiting: Propofol anaesthesia vs omitting nitrous oxide vs total i.v. anaesthesia with propofol

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 256-259

  Tramer M ^a   Moore, A ^a   McQuay, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthetics gases, nitrous oxide; Anaesthetics i.v., propofol; Statistics; Vomiting, antiemetics; Vomiting, incidence; Vomiting, nausea

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE; PROPOFOL;

ANESTHESIA; ANTIEMETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; META ANALYSIS; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 0031039202     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/78.3.256     Document Type: Article

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