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 959-977

  Skledar, Susan J ^a   Williams, Brian A ^b   Vallejo, Manuel C ^b   Dalby, Patricia L ^b   Waters, Jonathan H ^b   Glick, Ronald ^a   Kentor, Michael L ^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

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; APREPITANT; BENZAMIDE DERIVATIVE; BUTYROPHENONE DERIVATIVE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CYCLIZINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIMENHYDRINATE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOLASETRON MESILATE; DROPERIDOL; GRANISETRON; HALOPERIDOL; HYDROXYZINE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; METOCLOPRAMIDE; ONDANSETRON; PERPHENAZINE; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; PROCHLORPERAZINE; PROMETHAZINE; SCOPOLAMINE; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE; ADRENAL SUPPRESSION; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; BIRTH; CESAREAN SECTION; CONFUSION; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DYSPHORIA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FLUSHING; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; LETHARGY; LOW DRUG DOSE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROPHYLAXIS; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL DISORDER; WEAKNESS;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIEMETICS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG TOLERANCE; DRUGS, GENERIC; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 34250788575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2007.131     Document Type: Review

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