Cost-effectiveness of prophylactic antiemetic therapy with ondansetron, droperidol, or placebo

Anesthesiology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 958-967

  Hill, Robert P ^c   Lubarsky, David A ^c   Phillips Bute, Barbara ^c   Fortney, Jennifer T ^c   Creed, Mary R ^a   Glass, Peter S A ^c   Gan, Tong J ^b  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Ambulatory; Anesthesia; Emesis; Nausea; Postoperative

Indexed keywords

DROPERIDOL; ONDANSETRON; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VOMITING;

EID: 0034038215     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200004000-00012     Document Type: Article

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