Postoperative nausea and vomiting after breast surgery: Efficacy of prophylactic ondansetron and droperidol in a randomized placebo-controlled study

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 197-203

  Reihner E ^a   Grunditz, R ^a   Giesecke, K ^a   Gustafsson, L L ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Antiemetics; Breast surgery; Droperidol; Drugs; Nausea; On dansetron; Postoperative; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; DROPERIDOL; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN; ONDANSETRON; PROCHLORPERAZINE; THIOPENTAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BREAST SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUPPOSITORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIEMETICS; BREAST; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DROPERIDOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ONDANSETRON; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034056880     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2346.2000.00627.x     Document Type: Article

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