P6 stimulation for the prevention of nausea and vomiting associated with cesarean delivery under neuraxial anesthesia: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1308-1312

  Allen, Terrence K ^a   Habib, Ashraf S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; CYCLIZINE; FENTANYL; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MORPHINE; ONDANSETRON;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA EXTRACTION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTRAOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; MEDLINE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEURAXIAL ANESTHESIA; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERICARDIUM 6 STIMULATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ACUPRESSURE; FEMALE; NAUSEA; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; VOMITING;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VOMITING;

EID: 53449088990     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e31816d1864     Document Type: Review

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