Incidence of postoperative nausea and emetic episodes after xenon anaesthesia compared with propofol-based anaesthesia

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 787-791

  Coburn, M ^a,d   Kunitz, O ^b   Apfel, C C ^c   Hein, M ^a   Fries, M ^a   Rossaint, R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b Hospital Mutterhaus der Borromäerinnen   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d AIR LIQUIDE   (France)

Author keywords

Anaesthetics, i.v., propofol; Anaesthetics, xenon; Recovery, postoperative; Vomiting, nausea, anaesthetic factors

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; XENON;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOVERY ROOM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 44649195118     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aen077     Document Type: Article

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