Prophylactic antiemetic therapy with granisetron-dexamethasone combination in women undergoing breast surgery

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1038-1042

  Fujii, Y ^a,b   Tanaka, H ^a   Toyooka, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complications: nausea, vomiting; Surgery: breast; Vomiting: antiemetics, granisetron, dexamethasone

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; FENTANYL; GRANISETRON; ISOFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE; PLACEBO; THIOPENTAL; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

EID: 0031722988     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1998.tb05373.x     Document Type: Article

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