Intravenous droperidol: A review of its use in the management of postoperative nausea and vomiting

Drugs

Volumn 66, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 2123-2147

  McKeage, Kate ^a,b   Simpson, Dene ^a,b   Wagstaff, Antona J ^a,b  

^a ADIS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b WOLTERS KLUWER HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOMORPHINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIMENHYDRINATE; DOLASETRON MESILATE; DROPERIDOL; DROPERIDOL PLUS FENTANYL; ENFLURANE; EPHEDRINE; FENTANYL; GRANISETRON; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MORPHINE; ONDANSETRON; OPIATE; PERPHENAZINE; PROCHLORPERAZINE; PROMETHAZINE; SCOPOLAMINE; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST; TROPISETRON; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; SEROTONIN 3 RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIZZINESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DROWSINESS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG COST; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG USE; DYSKINESIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS; HYPOTENSION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MONOTHERAPY; NAUSEA; PAIN; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PRURITUS; QT PROLONGATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TACHYCARDIA; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VOMITING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANTIEMETICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL TRIALS; DROPERIDOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN, 5-HT3;

EID: 33846070865     PISSN: 00126667     EISSN: 00126667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00003495-200666160-00009     Document Type: Article

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