Vomiting post tonsillectomy at the University Hospital of the West Indies

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-64

  Scarlett, M ^a   Tennant, I ^a   Ehikhametalor, K ^a   Nelson, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIMEMAZINE TARTRATE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ATROPINE; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIMENHYDRINATE; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDAZOLAM; NEOSTIGMINE; NITROUS OXIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OXYGEN; PETHIDINE; PROMETHAZINE; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; STEROID; THIOPENTAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANTIEMETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CHILD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TONSILLECTOMY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 18644371570     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442005000100012     Document Type: Article

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