Isopropyl alcohol inhalation: Alternative treatment of postoperative nausea and vomiting

Nursing Research

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 125-128

  Merrit, Bret A ^a   Okyere, Charles P ^a   Jasinski, Donna M ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative treatment; IPA; Nausea; Postoperative; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ANTIEMETIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

2-PROPANOL; ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIEMETICS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036513486     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200203000-00009     Document Type: Article

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