Oral clonidine premedication does not reduce postoperative vomiting in children undergoing strabismus surgery

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 90-93

  Gulhas, N ^a   Turkoz, Ayda ^b,c   Durmus, M ^a   Togal, T ^a   Gedik, E ^d   Ersoy, M O ^d  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c B Unv T Fak Adana U A M A AD   (Turkey)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Clonidine; Postoperative vomiting; Strabismus surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; CLONIDINE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXIDE; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

AGE; ANESTHESIA; APPLE JUICE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRABISMUS; STRABISMUS SURGERY; SUPPOSITORY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLONIDINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREANESTHETIC MEDICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRABISMUS;

EID: 0037227612     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2003.470116.x     Document Type: Article

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