Ginger does not prevent postoperative nausea and vomiting after laparoscopic surgery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 995-998

  Eberhart, Leopold H J ^a   Mayer, Roswitha ^b   Betz, Oliver ^b   Tsolakidis, Stergios ^b   Hilpert, Wolfgang ^b   Morin, Astrid M ^a   Geldner, Götz ^a   Wulf, Hinnerk ^a   Seeling, Wulf ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ATRACURIUM; ATROPINE; CLORAZEPATE; DESFLURANE; FENTANYL; GINGER EXTRACT; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE; OPIATE; PIRITRAMIDE; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; PROPOFOL; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; SEDATIVE AGENT; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEARTBURN; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 0037378697     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000055818.64084.41     Document Type: Article

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