Serotonin receptor antagonists for the prevention and treatment of pruritus, nausea, and vomiting in women undergoing cesarean delivery with intrathecal morphine: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 174-182

  George, Ronald B ^a   Allen, Terrence K ^b   Habib, Ashraf S ^b,c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DROPERIDOL; GRANISETRON; HYDROXYZINE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MORPHINE; NALBUPHINE; NALOXONE; ONDANSETRON; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; TROPISETRON; SEROTONIN 3 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST;

ANTIEMETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NAUSEA; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TACHYCARDIA; VOMITING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FEMALE; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREGNANCY; REVIEW;

CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MORPHINE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREGNANCY; PRURITUS; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN, 5-HT3; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS;

EID: 67650654608     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181a45a6b     Document Type: Article

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