Impact of antiemetic selection on postoperative nausea and vomiting and patient satisfaction

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 540-548

  Darkow, Theodore ^a   Gora Harper, Mary Lea ^a   Goulson, Daniel T ^b   Record, Kenneth E ^a  

^a University of Kentucky   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; DROPERIDOL; METOCLOPRAMIDE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIEMETICS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035024927     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.21.6.540.34543     Document Type: Article

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