A granisetron-droperidol combination prevents postoperative vomiting in children

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 761-765

  Fujii, Yoshitaka ^a   Toyooka, Hidenori ^a   Tanaka, Hiroyoshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROPERIDOL; GRANISETRON;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TONSILLECTOMY; VOMITING;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANTIEMETICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DROPERIDOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GRANISETRON; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREMEDICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONSILLECTOMY; VOMITING;

EID: 0031689240     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199810000-00004     Document Type: Article

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