The influence of a dominating centre on a quantitative systematic review of granisetron for preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 659-670

  Kranke, P ^a   Apfel, C C ^a   Eberhart, L H ^b   Georgieff, M ^b   Roewer, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Granisetron; Meta analysis; Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV); Publication bias; Quantitative systematic review

Indexed keywords

GRANISETRON;

CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIEMETICS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; GRANISETRON; HUMANS; MEDLINE; MULTICENTER STUDIES; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0034953018     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2001.045006659.x     Document Type: Review

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