A Randomized Trial of Diphenhydramine as Prophylaxis Against Metoclopramide-Induced Akathisia in Nauseated Emergency Department Patients

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 379-385

  Friedman, Benjamin W ^a   Bender, Brooke ^a   Davitt, Michelle ^a   Solorzano, Clemencia ^b   Paternoster, Joseph ^a   Esses, David ^a   Bijur, Polly ^a   Gallagher, E John ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHENHYDRAMINE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AKATHISIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; AKATHISIA, DRUG-INDUCED; ANTIEMETICS; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60249094468     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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