A randomized, double-blinded comparison of ondansetron, granisetron, and placebo for prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting after supratentorial craniotomy

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 226-230

  Jain, Virendra ^a   Mitra, Jayanta K ^a   Rath, Girija P ^a   Prabhakar, Hemanshu ^a   Bithal, Parmod K ^a   Dash, Hari H ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Granisetron; Ondansetron; Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV); Supratentorial craniotomy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; GRANISETRON; METOCLOPRAMIDE; ONDANSETRON; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIQUID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; NAUSEA; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SUPRATENTORIAL CRANIOTOMY; TREATMENT DURATION; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANTIEMETICS; CRANIOTOMY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GRANISETRON; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONDANSETRON; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 68149138351     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANA.0b013e3181a7beaa     Document Type: Article

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