A comparison of dexamethasone, ondansetron, and dexamethasone plus ondansetron as prophylactic antiemetic and antipruritic therapy in patients receiving intrathecal morphine for major orthopedic surgery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 259-263

  Szarvas, Szilvia ^a   Chellapuri, Ramesh S ^b   Harmon, Dominic C ^a   Owens, John ^b   Murphy, Damian ^a   Shorten, George D ^a  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

^b BON SECOURS HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CYCLIZINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DICLOFENAC; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; MORPHINE; ONDANSETRON; TENOXICAM; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0038311728     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000066310.49139.2A     Document Type: Article

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