A randomized comparison of ginger and dimenhydrinate in the treatment of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1703-1709

  Pongrojpaw, Densak ^a   Somprasit, Charinthip ^a   Chanthasenanont, Athita ^a  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Dimenhydrinate; Ginger; Nausea; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

DIMENHYDRINATE; GINGER EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GINGER; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANTIEMETICS; DIMENHYDRINATE; FEMALE; GINGER; HUMANS; NAUSEA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 35848970785     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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