Nitrous oxide-related postoperative nausea and vomiting depends on duration of exposure

Anesthesiology

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1137-1145

  Peyton, Philip J ^a,b,c   Wu, Christine Yx ^b  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Institute for Breathing and Sleep   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; DRUG EXPOSURE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; HUMANS; NITROUS OXIDE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84899472148     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000000122     Document Type: Article

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