Dexamethasone with either granisetron or ondansetron for postoperative nausea and vomiting in laparoscopic surgery

Middle East Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 565-570

  Dabbous, Alia S ^a   Jabbour Khoury, Samar I ^a   Nasr, Viviane G ^a   Moussa, Adib A ^a   Zbeidy, Reine A ^a   Khouzam, Nabil E ^a   El Khatib, Mohamad F ^a   Baraka, Anis S ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Granisetron; Laparoscopy; Ondansetron; Postoperative nausea and vomiting

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; GRANISETRON; METOCLOPRAMIDE; ONDANSETRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIEMETICS; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GRANISETRON; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MIDDLE AGED; ONDANSETRON; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950448011     PISSN: 05440440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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