Aromatherapy as treatment for postoperative nausea: A randomized trial

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 597-604

  Hunt, Ronald ^a   Dienemann, Jacqueline ^b   Norton, H James ^a   Hartley, Wendy ^a   Hudgens, Amanda ^a   Stern, Thomas ^a   Divine, George ^c  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ESSENTIAL OIL; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; OPIATE; PEPPERMINT; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; AROMATHERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDAMOM; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; GAUZE DRESSING; GENDER; GINGER; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTION SICKNESS; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOVERY ROOM; RISK FACTOR;

2-PROPANOL; ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANTIEMETICS; AROMATHERAPY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GINGER; HUMANS; MALE; MENTHA PIPERITA; NAUSEA; OILS, VOLATILE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84883741521     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31824a0b1c     Document Type: Article

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