Effect and placebo effect of acupressure (P6) on nausea and vomiting after outpatient gynaecological surgery

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 270-274

  Alkaissi, A ^a   Stalnert M ^a   Kalman, S ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Antiemetics; Gynecological surgery; Nausea; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINOR SURGERY; NAUSEA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VOMITING;

ACUPRESSURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBO EFFECT; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING;

EID: 0032979486     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.1999.430306.x     Document Type: Article

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