Does neostigmine administration produce a clinically important increase in postoperative nausea and vomiting?

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1349-1355

  Cheng, Ching Rong ^a   Sessler, Daniel I ^a   Apfel, Christian C ^a,b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ATROPINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; EDROPHONIUM CHLORIDE; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; HALOTHANE; MIVACURIUM; NEOSTIGMINE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; OPIATE; PANCURONIUM; PETHIDINE; SUXAMETHONIUM; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE; VECURONIUM;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; META ANALYSIS; NAUSEA; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 27444446152     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000180992.76743.C9     Document Type: Article

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