Management of postoperative nausea and vomiting: Focus on palonosetron

Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-34

  Muchatuta, Neil A ^a   Paech, Michael J ^b  

^a KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

5 HT3 antagonists; Antiemetics; Palonosetron; Postoperative nausea and vomiting

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; APREPITANT; AZASETRON; CASOPITANT; CYCLIZINE; CYTOCHROME P450 1A2; CYTOCHROME P450 2D6; CYTOCHROME P450 2E1; CYTOCHROME P450 3A; CYTOCHROME P450 3A4; DEXAMETHASONE; DIMENHYDRINATE; DOLASETRON MESILATE; DROPERIDOL; GRANISETRON; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MIDAZOLAM; NALOXONE; ONDANSETRON; PALONOSETRON; PLACEBO; PROCHLORPERAZINE; PROMETHAZINE; PROPOFOL; RAMOSETRON; SCOPOLAMINE; SEROTONIN 3 ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN 3 RECEPTOR; TROPISETRON; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGITATION; ASTHENIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG COST; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TRANSPORT; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FATIGUE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHARMACOGENETICS; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; QT PROLONGATION; REVIEW; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL DISORDER; WOUND INFECTION; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 77949467940     PISSN: 11766336     EISSN: 1178203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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