Analgesic and antiemetic effect of ketorolac vs. betamethasone or dexamethasone after ambulatory surgery

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 271-277

  Thagaard, K S ^a   Jensen, H H ^a   Raeder, Johan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ambulatory surgery; Betamethasone; Dexamethasone; Glucocorticoids; Ketorolac; Post operative nausea and vomiting; Post operative pain

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CODEINE; DEXAMETHASONE; FENTANYL; KETOROLAC;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIEMETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; VOMITING;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANALGESICS; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANTIEMETICS; BETAMETHASONE; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KETOROLAC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847059218     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2006.01240.x     Document Type: Article

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