Individualized outcome feedback produces voluntary antiemetic prescribing practice changes

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-23

  Overdyk, Frank J ^a   Harvey, Susan C ^a   Baldwin, Doug ^b   Rust, Philip ^b   Multani, Marlina ^a   Marcell, Joanne ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Droperidol: nausea and vomiting, postoperative; Feedback; Ondansetron; Outcomes; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

DROPERIDOL; ONDANSETRON;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COST; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANTIEMETICS; DROPERIDOL; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONDANSETRON; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLITION;

EID: 0032968447     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(98)00123-8     Document Type: Article

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