An evaluation of pain and postoperative nausea and vomiting following the introduction of guidelines for tonsillectomy

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 683-688

  White, Michelle C ^a   Nolan, Judith A ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiemetics; Morphine; Nausea; NSAIDS; Pain; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

CODEINE PHOSPHATE; CYCLIZINE; FENTANYL; GRANISETRON; IBUPROFEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; TETRACAINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONSILLECTOMY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADENOIDECTOMY; CLASSIFICATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADENOIDECTOMY; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIEMETICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FENTANYL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MORPHINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 27744472530     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2004.01516.x     Document Type: Article

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