P6 acupressure does not prevent emesis during spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 900-903

  Ho, Chiu Ming ^a   Tsai, Hsin Jung ^b   Chan, Kwok Hon ^b   Tsai, Shen Kou ^b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; EPHEDRINE; FENTANYL; INFUSION FLUID; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PETHIDINE; PLACEBO;

ACUPRESSURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHIVERING; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 33644512754     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000195553.82409.00     Document Type: Article

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