Effective management of postoperative nausea and vomiting: Let us practise what we preach!

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 152-154

  Kranke, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; APREPITANT; ONDANSETRON; PALONOSETRON; PROPOFOL; SCOPOLAMINE;

ALGORITHM; ANESTHESIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NOTE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ANTIEMETICS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RESEARCH;

EID: 79953882402     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e3283435e51     Document Type: Note

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