Superior prolonged antiemetic prophylaxis with a four-drug multimodal regimen - Comparison with propofol or placebo

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 232-237

  Hammas, B ^a   Thorn S E ^a   Wattwil, M ^a,b  

^a ÖREBRO MEDICAL CENTRE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Droperidol; Metoclopramide; Ondansetron; Postoperative nausea and vomiting; Propofol

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; DROPERIDOL; METOCLOPRAMIDE; ONDANSETRON; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BREAST SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANTIEMETICS; BREAST; DEXAMETHASONE; DROPERIDOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MIDDLE AGED; ONDANSETRON; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PROPOFOL;

EID: 0036202071     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2002.460302.x     Document Type: Article

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