Dexamethasone is as effective as ondansetron for the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting following breast surgery

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 823-827

  Wattwil, M ^a,b   Thorn S E ^a   Lovqvist A ^a   Wattwil, L ^a   Gupta, A ^a   Liljegren, G ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast surgery; Dexamethasone; Ondansetron; Postoperative nausea and vomiting

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; DIAZEPAM; FENTANYL; NITROUS OXIDE; ONDANSETRON; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIEMETICS; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ONDANSETRON; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; SMOKING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0041346324     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2003.00172.x     Document Type: Article

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