Ondansetron is as effective as diphenhydramine for treatment of morphine-induced pruritus after cesarean delivery

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 764-769

  Siddik Sayyid, S M ^a   Yazbeck Karam, V G ^b   Zahreddine, B W ^a   Adham, A M B F ^a   Dagher, C M ^a   Saasouh, W A ^a   Aouad, M T ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b RIZK HOSPITAL   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHENHYDRAMINE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; ONDANSETRON; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NARCOTIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SEDATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREGNANCY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NARCOTICS; ONDANSETRON; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREGNANCY; PRURITUS; RECURRENCE; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77953159985     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2010.02231.x     Document Type: Article

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