Midazolam vs ondansetron for preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting: A randomised controlled trial

Anaesthesia

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-22

  Lee, Y ^a   Wang, J J ^b   Yang, Y L ^a   Chen, A ^a   Lai, Hama Y ^a  

^a TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; KETOROLAC; MIDAZOLAM; ONDANSETRON; SEVOFLURANE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANTIEMETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; INCIDENCE; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEDATION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; URETEROSCOPY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADJUVANTS, ANESTHESIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANTIEMETICS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; METHYL ETHERS; MIDAZOLAM; MIDDLE AGED; ONDANSETRON; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING;

EID: 33845317901     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2006.04895.x     Document Type: Article

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