Efficacy of prophylactic intravenous granisetron in postoperative emesis in adults

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 158-165

  Hanaoka, Kazuo ^a   Toyooka, Hidenori ^b   Kugimiya, Toyoki ^c   Ohashi, Yasuo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Granisetron; Postoperative nausea and vomiting; Prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DROPERIDOL; GRANISETRON; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN 3 ANTAGONIST;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FEMALE; FEVER; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEADACHE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SOMNOLENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GRANISETRON; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS;

EID: 4644226350     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-004-0236-6     Document Type: Article

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