Prevention of nausea and vomiting in female patients undergoing breast surgery: A comparison with granisetron, droperidol, metoclopramide and placebo

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 220-224

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

^a Toride Kyodo General Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complications: nausea; Droperidol; Granisetron; Metoclopramide; Surgery: breast; Vomiting; Vomiting: antiemetics

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; DROPERIDOL; GRANISETRON; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANTIEMETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VOMITING;

EID: 0031913679     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1998.tb05113.x     Document Type: Article

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