Prophylactic metoclopramide administered immediately after the induction of anesthesia has no effect on the incidence of postoperative emesis after strabismus surgery

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 237-241

  Shende, D ^a   Haldar, M ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Metoclopramide; Postoperative emesis; Strabismus

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ATROPINE; INDOMETACIN; METOCLOPRAMIDE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCULOCARDIAC REFLEX; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRABISMUS; VOMITING;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANTIEMETICS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PREMEDICATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRABISMUS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 0031923746     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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