Management of postoperative nausea and vomiting in children

Pediatric Drugs

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-69

  Kovac, Anthony L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; ATROPINE; CLONIDINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAZEPAM; DICLOFENAC; DIMENHYDRINATE; DIXYRAZINE; DOLASETRON MESILATE; DROPERIDOL; FENTANYL; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; GRANISETRON; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; KETOROLAC; LIDOCAINE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NEOSTIGMINE; NITROUS OXIDE; ONDANSETRON; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; RAMOSETRON; SEVOFLURANE; SUFENTANIL; TROPISETRON; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; ANXIETY; BRADYCARDIA; BURN; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHILD; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY; DROWSINESS; DRUG MEGADOSE; EAR SURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STRABISMUS SURGERY; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TYMPANOPLASTY;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ALGORITHMS; ANTIEMETICS; CHILD; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RISK FACTORS; STRABISMUS;

EID: 33847026805     PISSN: 11745878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00148581-200709010-00005     Document Type: Review

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