Postoperative nausea and vomiting following inpatient surgeries in a teaching hospital: A retrospective database analysis

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1093-1099

  Habib, Ashraf S ^a   Chen, Ya Ting ^b   Taguchi, Akiko ^a   Hu, X Henry ^b   Gan, Tong J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti emetics; Postoperative nausea and vomiting; Resource utilization; Retrospective database analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RECOVERY ROOM; SCORING SYSTEM; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIEMETICS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745700053     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/030079906X104830     Document Type: Article

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