Betamethasone does not prevent nausea and vomiting induced by the dopamine-agonist apomorphine

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 370-374

  Axelsson, Patric ^a   Thörn, Sven Egron ^b   Lövqvist, Åsa ^b   Wattwil, Lisbeth ^b   Wattwil, Magnus ^b  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOMORPHINE; ARGIPRESSIN; BETAMETHASONE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MEPREDNISONE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AKATHISIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NORMAL HUMAN; PALLOR; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 33646343468     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03022501     Document Type: Article

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