Comparative efficacy of acustimulation (ReliefBand®) versus ondansetron (Zofran®) in combination with droperidol for preventing nausea and vomiting

Anesthesiology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1075-1081

  White, Paul F ^a,b   Issioui, Tijani ^c   Hu, Jie ^c   Jones, Stephanie B ^c   Coleman, Jayne E ^c   Waddle, Jean P ^c   Markowitz, Scott D ^c   Coloma, Margarita ^c   Macaluso, Amy R ^c   Ing, Caleb H ^c  

^a Margaret Milam McDermott Distinguished Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; DROPERIDOL; ONDANSETRON; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; SEVOFLURANE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEVICE; DIET; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPHORIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESTLESSNESS; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ADULT; AGED; ANTIEMETICS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONDANSETRON; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING;

EID: 18644380643     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200211000-00008     Document Type: Article

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