Granisetron/dexamethasone combination for reducing nausea and vomiting during and after spinal anesthesia for cesarean section

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1346-1350

  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

DEXAMETHASONE; GRANISETRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOMITING;

EID: 0032994247     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199906000-00028     Document Type: Article

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