Efficacy, dose-response, and safety of ondansetron in prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting: A quantitative systematic review of randomized placebo-controlled trials

Anesthesiology

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1277-1289

  Tramèr, Martin R ^a   Reynolds, D John M ^b   Moore, R Andrew ^b   McQuay, Henry J ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antiemetics: ondansetron; Postoperative complications: nausea, vomiting; Statistics and epidemiology: systematic review; metaanalysis; number needed to treat

Indexed keywords

LIVER ENZYME; ONDANSETRON;

ANTIEMETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; META ANALYSIS; NAUSEA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VOMITING;

ANTIEMETICS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEADACHE; HUMANS; LIVER; NAUSEA; ONDANSETRON; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; VOMITING;

EID: 0031452341     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199712000-00004     Document Type: Article

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