Ondansetron and dolasetron provide equivalent postoperative vomiting control after ambulatory tonsillectomy in dexamethasone-pretreated children

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1230-1235

  Sukhani, Radha ^a   Pappas, Ana Lucia ^a   Lurie, Jordan ^a   Hotaling, Andrew J ^a   Park, Albert ^a   Fluder, Elaine ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; COCODAMOL; DEXAMETHASONE; DOLASETRON MESILATE; DROPERIDOL; FENTANYL; INFUSION FLUID; MIDAZOLAM; ONDANSETRON; PARACETAMOL; SEVOFLURANE; TRIMETHOBENZAMIDE;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0036829207     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200211000-00021     Document Type: Article

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