Premedication with mirtazapine reduces preoperative anxiety and postoperative nausea and vomiting

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 109-113

  Chen, Chien Chuan ^a,b   Lin, Chia Shiang ^a,b   Ko, Yuan Pi ^a   Hung, Yu Chun ^a,b   Lao, Hsuan Chih ^a   Hsu, Yung Wei ^a,b  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; DEXAMETHASONE; MIRTAZAPINE; MORPHINE; NEOSTIGMINE; OXYGEN; PETHIDINE; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; SEVOFLURANE;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOMECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEDATION; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTIEMETICS; ANXIETY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MIANSERIN; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREANESTHETIC MEDICATION; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37549038252     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000289636.09841.bc     Document Type: Article

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