Comparison of ondansetron, dexamethasone, ondansetron plus dexamethasone and placebo in the prevention of nausea and vomiting after laparoscopic tubal ligation

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 638-642

  Biswas, B N ^a   Rudra, A ^a,b   Mandal, S K ^a  

^a BANKURA SAMMILANI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b CALCUTTA NATIONAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; General anaesthesia; Laparoscopic tubal ligation; Nausea; Ondansetron; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ATRACURIUM; ATROPINE; DEXAMETHASONE; HALOTHANE; NEOSTIGMINE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE; ONDANSETRON; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; PLACEBO; THIOPENTAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; LAPAROSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANTIEMETICS; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; ONDANSETRON; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4444315675     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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