Consensus guidelines for the management of postoperative nausea and vomiting

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 85-113

  Gan, Tong J ^a   Diemunsch, Pierre ^b   Habib, Ashraf S ^a   Kovac, Anthony ^c   Kranke, Peter ^d   Meyer, Tricia A ^e   Watcha, Mehernoor ^f   Chung, Frances ^g   Angus, Shane ^h   Apfel, Christian C ⁱ   Bergese, Sergio D ^j   Candiotti, Keith A ^k   Chan, Matthew Tv ^l   Davis, Peter J ^m   Hooper, Vallire D ⁿ   Lagoo Deenadayalan, Sandhya ^a   Myles, Paul ^o   Nezat, Greg ^p   Philip, Beverly K ^q   Tramèr, Martin R ^r  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HÔPITAL DE HAUTEPIERRE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^e BaylorScott and White Health ^*  (United States)

^f BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^h CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^l CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^m CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

ⁿ Mission Health System   (United States)

^o MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^p NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

^q BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^r GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; APREPITANT; CASOPITANT; DEXAMETHASONE; DIMENHYDRINATE; DOLASETRON MESILATE; DROPERIDOL; EPHEDRINE; GRANISETRON; HALOPERIDOL; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEOSTIGMINE; NITROUS OXIDE; ONDANSETRON; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; PALONOSETRON; PERPHENAZINE; PROMETHAZINE; PROPOFOL; RAMOSETRON; ROLAPITANT; SCOPOLAMINE; TROPISETRON;

ALGORITHM; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; CONSENSUS; DRUG EFFICACY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEADACHE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LONG QT SYNDROME; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

EID: 84891762686     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000002     Document Type: Review

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