Routine multimodal antiemesis including low-dose perphenazine in an ambulatory surgery unit of a university hospital: A 10-year history. Supplement to: Eliminating postoperative nausea and vomiting in outpatient surgery with multimodal strategies including low doses of nonsedating, off-patent antiemetics: Is "zero tolerance" achievable?

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Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages 978-986

  Williams, Brian A ^a,b   Kentor, Michael L ^a,b   Skledar, Susan J ^a   Orebaugh, Steven L ^a,b   Vallejo, Manuel C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HT3 antagonists; Aprepitant; Cyclizine; Emesis; Multimodal prophylaxis; Perphenazine; PONV; Postoperative nausea and vomiting; Prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; CYCLIZINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DROPERIDOL; GRANISETRON; KETAMINE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NEOSTIGMINE; ONDANSETRON; PARACETAMOL; PERPHENAZINE; PETHIDINE; SCOPOLAMINE; SEROTONIN 3 ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPERIENCE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MONOTHERAPY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PROPHYLAXIS; RECOVERY ROOM; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANTIEMETICS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG TOLERANCE; DRUGS, GENERIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; PERPHENAZINE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250722621     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2007.132     Document Type: Review

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