P6 acustimulation effectively decreases postoperative nausea and vomiting in high-risk patients

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 620-625

  Frey, U H ^a   Scharmann, P ^b   Lohlein C ^b   Peters, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Niederberg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Vomiting, nausea; Vomiting, nausea, physiology

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE; PROPOFOL; TROPISETRON;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTION SICKNESS; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HYSTERECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING;

EID: 66149086992     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aep014     Document Type: Article

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