Regional analgesia combined with avoidance of narcotics may reduce the incidence of postoperative vomiting in children

Middle East Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 123-132

  Khalil, Samia N ^a,b   Farag, Adel ^a   Hanna, Ehab ^a   Govindaraj, Ranganathan ^a   Chuang, Alice Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MSB 5020 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Avoidance of narcotics; Children; Outpatients; Postoperative vomiting; Presurgical caudal blocks

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; HALOTHANE; MIDAZOLAM; NARCOTIC AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE; ROPIVACAINE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CHILD; DIET RESTRICTION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; UROLOGIC SURGERY; UROLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MIDAZOLAM; NARCOTICS; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREANESTHETIC MEDICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 15944428618     PISSN: 05440440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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