Comparison of ramosetron and granisetron for preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting after gynecologic surgery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 476-479

  Fujii, Yoshitaka ^a   Saitoh, Yuhji ^b   Tanaka, Hiroyoshi ^b   Toyooka, Hidenori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b Toride Kyodo General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BUTYROPHENONE DERIVATIVE; CISPLATIN; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DROPERIDOL; FENTANYL DERIVATIVE; GRANISETRON; LIDOCAINE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; RAMOSETRON; THIOPENTAL; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPHONIA; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0032771453     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199908000-00043     Document Type: Article

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