Prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting in female patients during menstruation: Comparison of droperidol, metoclopramide and granisetron

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 248-249

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b Toride Kyodo General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Vomiting, antiemetics, droperidol; Vomiting, antiemetics, granisetron; Vomiting, antiemetics, metoclopramide; Vomiting, nausea; Vomiting, nausea, patient factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; DROPERIDOL; GRANISETRON; METOCLOPRAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VOMITING;

EID: 0031916499     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/80.2.248     Document Type: Article

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