Preoperative oral granisetron prevents postoperative nausea and vomiting

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 653-657

  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; Granisetron; Surgery: gynecological; Vomiting: antiemetics

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BUTYROPHENONE; GRANISETRON; ONDANSETRON; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT CODING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0031863025     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1998.tb05297.x     Document Type: Article

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