Efficacy of Acupuncture in Prevention of Postoperative Nausea in Cardiac Surgery Patients

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 537-542

  Korinenko, Yuliya ^a   Vincent, Ann ^b   Cutshall, Susanne M ^b   Li, Zhuo ^b   Sundt III, Thoralf M ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; AGED; AORTIC VALVE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650707921     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.04.106     Document Type: Article

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