Prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting with a combination of granisetron and droperidol

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 613-616

  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;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANTIEMETICS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DROPERIDOL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; GRANISETRON; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; VOMITING;

EID: 0031885213     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199803000-00033     Document Type: Article

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