How to study postoperative nausea and vomiting

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 921-928

  Apfel, C C ^a   Roewer, N ^a   Korttila, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Postoperative nausea and vomiting

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; OPIATE;

ANAMNESIS; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036724044     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2002.460801.x     Document Type: Review

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