Postoperative nausea and vomiting: what are we waiting for?

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1049-1050

  Kranke, Peter ^a   Roewer, Norbert ^a   Smith, Andrew F ^b   Piper, Swen N ^c   Wallenborn, Jan ^c   Eberhart, Leopold H J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b Safety Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Anesthesiology   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PALONOSETRON; PROPOFOL; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST;

CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; NOTE; RISK FACTOR;

ANTIEMETICS; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 61949302140     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e318194c755     Document Type: Letter

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