Metaanalyses of Acustimulations: Effects on Nausea and Vomiting in Postoperative Adult Patients

Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 202-215

  Shiao, Shyang Yun Pamela K ^a   Dune, Linda S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

acustimulation; Metaanalysis; nausea and vomiting; postoperative adults

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; DROPERIDOL; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; ONDANSETRON; PLACEBO; PROCHLORPERAZINE; TEMAZEPAM;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSENSUS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; ANTIEMETICS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES; NAUSEA; ODDS RATIO; PLACEBO EFFECT; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; VOMITING;

EID: 33646495302     PISSN: 15508307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.explore.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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