Tropisetron reduces postoperative vomiting in children undergoing tonsillectomy

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-75

  Jensen, Anette B ^a   Christiansen, Dorte B ^a   Coulthard, Kingsley ^b,c   Wilkins, Andrew ^b   Roberts, Greg ^d   Van Der Walt, Johan H ^b   Rasmussen, Mette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Antiemetic; Complications; Pharmacoeconomics; Tonsillectomy; Tropisetron; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; ATROPINE; HALOTHANE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MORPHINE; NEOSTIGMINE; NITROUS OXIDE; PARACETAMOL; THIOPENTAL; TROPISETRON; VECURONIUM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESTLESSNESS; TONSILLECTOMY; VOMITING;

ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANTIEMETICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HALOTHANE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDOLES; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0033983284     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2000.00401.x     Document Type: Article

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