Postoperative nausea and vomiting

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 657-661

  Scholz, Jens ^a   Steinfath, Markus ^a   Tonner, Peter H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; BENZAMIDE DERIVATIVE; BUTYROPHENONE DERIVATIVE; DEXAMETHASONE; DROPERIDOL; GLUCOCORTICOID; GRANISETRON; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; ONDANSETRON; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST; TROPISETRON;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; BRADYCARDIA; CONSTIPATION; DRUG COST; DYSPHORIA; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FLUSHING; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HYPOTENSION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; TACHYCARDIA; VERTIGO; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0033390870     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-199912000-00004     Document Type: Review

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