Prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting after spinal morphine for Caesarean section: Comparison of cyclizine, dexamethasone and placebo

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 665-670

  Nortcliffe, S A ^a   Shah, J ^a   Buggy, Donal J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, subarachnoid; Analgesics, morphine; Vomiting, antiemetics, cysclizine; Vomiting, antiemetics, dexamethasone; Vomiting, nausea

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CODEINE; CYCLIZINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DICLOFENAC; EPHEDRINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FENTANYL; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LIDOCAINE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; OXYTOCIN; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN G; PLACEBO; PROCHLORPERAZINE; RANITIDINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFUSION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBARISM; INCIDENCE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0038732449     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeg120     Document Type: Article

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