The effects of oral ondansetron disintegrating tablets for prevention of at-home emesis in pediatric patients after ear-nose-throat surgery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1117-1121

  Davis, Peter J ^a,b   Fertal, Kathleen M ^b   Boretsky, Karen R ^a,b   Fedel, Gina M ^a,b   Ingram, Michael D ^a   Woelfel, Susan K ^a,b   Hoffmann, Paul C ^b   Gurnaney, Harshad ^a,b   Young, Michael C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; DEXAMETHASONE; FENTANYL; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MORPHINE; NITROUS ACID; ONDANSETRON; OXYGEN; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYRINGOTOMY; PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOMNOLENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TABLET DISINTEGRATION; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 41349106240     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e318167cc3a     Document Type: Article

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