Monitoring of neuromuscular blockade at the P6 acupuncture point reduces the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting

Anesthesiology

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 903-908

  Arnberger, Michael ^a,b,c   Stadelmann, Karin ^a   Alischer, Petra ^b   Ponert, Regina ^b   Melber, Andrea ^a   Greif, Robert ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Donauspital/SMZO ^*  (Austria)

^c Austrian Society of Controlled Acupuncture   (Austria)

^d Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 36448987600     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.anes.0000290617.98058.d9     Document Type: Article

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