Ondansetron versus placebo for prophylaxis of nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing ambulatory laparoscopic cholecystectomy

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 60-62

  Liberman, Mark A ^a   Howe, Steven ^b   Lane, Michael ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ONDANSETRON;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANTIEMETICS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; ONDANSETRON; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033994205     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(99)00251-2     Document Type: Article

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