Effect of premedication with mirtazapine versus ondansetron on postoperative nausea and vomiting in breast surgery

Egyptian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 135-139

  Ahmed Omran, Hani Abdelfattah Said ^a   Nasr, Dalia Abdelhamid Mohamed ^a   Eid, Hala Ezzat Ali ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Antiemetic; Incidence; Nausea; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

METOCLOPRAMIDE; MIRTAZAPINE; ONDANSETRON;

ADULT; ANXIETY; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; SEDATION; SOMNOLENCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VITAL SIGN; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 84865641728     PISSN: 11101849     EISSN: 16871804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egja.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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