Granisetron versus dexamethasone in prophylaxis of nausea and vomiting after laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 81-84

  Hessami, Mohammad Ali ^a   Yari, Mitra ^b  

^a KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cholecystectomy; Dexamethasone; Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890066725     PISSN: 22287523     EISSN: 22287531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/aapm.6945     Document Type: Article

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