Prophylactic antiemetic therapy with granisetron in women undergoing thyroidectomy

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 526-528

  Fujii, Yoshitaka ^a   Saitoh, Yuhji ^b   Tanaka, Hiroyoshi ^c   Toyooka, Hidenori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pharmacology, granisetron; Surgery, thyroidectomy; Vomiting, antiemetics; Vomiting, nausea; Vomiting, nausea, surgical factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; GRANISETRON; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THYROIDECTOMY; VOMITING;

EID: 0031708984     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/81.4.526     Document Type: Article

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