Low-dose haloperidol prevents post-operative nausea and vomiting after ambulatory laparoscopic surgery

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 280-284

  Wang, T F ^a,b   Liu, Y H ^c   Chu, C C ^a   Shieh, J P ^a   Tzeng, J I ^a   Wang, J J ^a,d  

^a CHI MEI FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Cathay Medical Center   (Taiwan)

^d Chi Mei Foundation Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antiemetics; Droperidol; Haloperidol; Laparoscopic surgery; Post operative nausea and vomiting

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; DESFLURANE; DROPERIDOL; FENTANYL; HALOPERIDOL; NEOSTIGMINE; ONDANSETRON; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QT INTERVAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANTIEMETICS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DROPERIDOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HALOPERIDOL; HUMANS; ISOFLURANE; LAPAROSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38149016801     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2007.01525.x     Document Type: Article

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