Risk Assessment of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting

International Anesthesiology Clinics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 13-32

  Apfel, Christian C ^a   Roewer, Norbert ^b  

^a Outcomes Research Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; DEXAMETHASONE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE; ONDANSETRON; OPIATE; PROPOFOL; SEROTONIN 3 ANTAGONIST;

ANESTHESIA; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERIENCE; FACE MASK; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LUNG VENTILATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NERVE BLOCK; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH TUBE;

ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0142031140     PISSN: 00205907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004311-200341040-00004     Document Type: Review

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