How much does pharmacologic prophylaxis reduce postoperative vomiting in children?: Calculation of prophylaxis effectiveness and expected incidence of vomiting under treatment using Bayesian Meta-analysis

Anesthesiology

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1023-1035

  Engelman, Edgard ^a,b   Salengros, Jean Corentin ^a   Barvais, Luc ^b  

^a Postanesthesia Care Unit and Acute Pain Service   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; DOLASETRON MESILATE; DROPERIDOL; GRANISETRON; ONDANSETRON; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST; TROPISETRON; ANTIEMETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; META ANALYSIS; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETCHING; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING; AGE; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG COMBINATION; METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANTIEMETICS; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG DOSAGE CALCULATIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RISK FACTORS; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149290173     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e31818d6b26     Document Type: Article

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