Haloperidol plus ondansetron versus ondansetron alone for prophylaxis of postoperative nausea and vomiting

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1410-1413

  Grecu, Loreta ^a   Bittner, Edward A ^a   Kher, Jay ^b   Smith, Sarah E ^c   Rosow, Carl E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOPERIDOL; ONDANSETRON; ANTIEMETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AKATHISIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; POSTANESTHESIA CARE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COMBINATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIEMETICS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HALOPERIDOL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONDANSETRON; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42449131387     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e31816091f0     Document Type: Article

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