Timing of ondansetron administration to prevent postoperative nausea and vomiting

Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-47

  Cruz, Norma I ^a,d   Portilla, Peter ^b   Vela, Rosendo E ^c  

^a Department of Surgery   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^c Las Américas Ambulatory Surgical Center   (Puerto Rico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Entiemetics; Ondansetron; Postoperative nausea and vomiting

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ONDANSETRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME;

ADULT; ANTIEMETICS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ONDANSETRON; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 47049114114     PISSN: 07380658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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