Acupuncture compared to placebo-acupuncture for postoperative nausea and vomiting prophylaxis: A randomised placebo-controlled patient and observer blind trial

Anaesthesia

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 142-149

  Streitberger, Konrad ^a   Diefenbacher, M ^a   Bauer, A ^a   Conradi, R ^a   Bardenheuer, H ^a   Martin, E ^a   Schneider, A ^a   Unnebrink, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Surgery; gynaecological; Vomiting; nausea

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; DICLOFENAC; DIMENHYDRINATE; DIPYRONE; DOLASETRON MESILATE; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE AGONIST; PETHIDINE; PIRITRAMIDE; PROPOFOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VECURONIUM;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BREAST SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0442309843     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2004.03577.x     Document Type: Article

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