Reevaluation of the effectiveness of ramosetron for preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 329-339

  Mihara, Takahiro ^a   Tojo, Kentaro ^a   Uchimoto, Kazuhiro ^a   Morita, Satoshi ^a   Goto, Takahisa ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GRANISETRON; ONDANSETRON; PLACEBO; RAMOSETRON;

ARTICLE; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIEMETICS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; ONDANSETRON; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881371412     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31829847a1     Document Type: Article

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