Paediatric tonsillectomy and PONV - Big little problem remains big!

Anaesthesia

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 606-625

  Roberts, R G ^a   Jones, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; CODEINE; FENTANYL; MORPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ONDANSETRON; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CHOICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL AUDIT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREDICTION; PREMEDICATION; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0036075181     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2002.265819.x     Document Type: Letter

References (7)

1. Metaclopramide reduces the incidence of vomiting after tonsillectomy in children
2. Ondansetron reduces nausea and vomiting after paediatric adenotonsillectomy
3. The dose-effect relationship for morphine and vomiting after day-stay tonsillectomy in children
4. Comparison of morphine sulphate and codeine phosphate in children undergoing adenotonsillectomy
5. Postoperative morphine requirements, nausea and vomiting following anaesthesia for tonsillectomy. Comparison of intravenous morphine and non-opioid analgesic techniques
6. Post tonsillectomy pain
7. Double-blind, placebo-controlled analgesic study of ibuprofen or rofecoxib in combination with paracetamol for tonsillectomy in children