Stimulation of the wrist acupuncture point P6 for preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Lee, Anna ^a   Fan, Lawrence T Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

*Acupuncture points; *Wrist; Humans; Postoperative nausea and vomiting *prevention control ; Randomized controlled trials as topic

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; CYCLIZINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIMENHYDRINATE; DROPERIDOL; METOCLOPRAMIDE; ONDANSETRON; OPIATE; PROCHLORPERAZINE;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE; BLISTER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIZZINESS; EMBASE; ERYTHEMA; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; SKIN IRRITATION; SWELLING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; WRIST;

EID: 70349158109     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003281.pub3     Document Type: Review

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