Oral clonidine premedication reduces nausea and vomiting in children after appendectomy

Iranian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 399-403

  Alizadeh, Reza ^a,b   Mireskandari, Seyed Mohammad ^b   Azarshahin, Mitra ^b   Darabi, Mohammad Esmaeil ^b   Padmehr, Roya ^b   Jafarzadeh, Afshin ^b   Aghsaee Fard, Ziba ^b  

^a AJA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Clinical trial; Clonidine; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; CLONIDINE; PLACEBO;

APPENDECTOMY; APPLE JUICE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84867858502     PISSN: 10184406     EISSN: 20082150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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