Ondansetron versus promethazine to treat acute undifferentiated nausea in the emergency department: A randomized, double-blind, noninferiority trial

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 209-215

  Braude, Darren ^a   Crandall, Cameron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiemetic; Nausea; Ondansetron; Promethazine; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

ONDANSETRON; PROMETHAZINE; ANTIEMETIC AGENT;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; STUDENT T TEST; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANTIEMETICS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; ONDANSETRON; PROMETHAZINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 48949120284     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00060.x     Document Type: Article

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