Low-dose ondansetron with dexamethasone more effectively decreases vomiting after strabismus surgery in children than does high-dose ondansetron

Anesthesiology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 72-75

  Splinter, William M ^a   Rhine, Elliot J ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambulatory surgery; Antiemetic; Costs

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; HALOTHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; ONDANSETRON; PROPOFOL;

ANTIEMETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRABISMUS; STRABISMUS SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ANTIEMETICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; ONDANSETRON; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STRABISMUS; VOMITING;

EID: 0031973171     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199801000-00013     Document Type: Article

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