Does ondansetron or granisetron prevent subarachnoid morphine-induced pruritus after cesarean delivery?

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 421-424

  Siddik Sayyid, Sahar M ^a   Aouad, Marie T ^a   Taha, Samar K ^a   Azar, Mireille S ^a   Hakki, Mona A ^a   Kaddoum, Romeo N ^a   Nasr, Viviane G ^a   Yazbek, Vanda G ^a   Baraka, Anis S ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; GRANISETRON; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; ONDANSETRON; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFECT; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PRURITUS; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

ADULT; ANTIPRURITICS; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; GRANISETRON; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MORPHINE; ONDANSETRON; PREGNANCY; PRURITUS; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 33846408666     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000253668.10453.de     Document Type: Article

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