Granisetron versus granisetron/dexamethasone combination for the treatment of nausea, retching, and vomiting after major gynecologic surgery: A randomized, double-blind study

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 507-514

  Fujii, Yoshitaka ^a,b   Tanaka, Hiroyoshi ^a  

^a Toride Kyodo General Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antiemetics; Dexamethasone; Granisetron; Nausea; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GRANISETRON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0037292225     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-2918(03)80092-9     Document Type: Article

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