Acupuncture versus usual care for postoperative nausea and vomiting in children after tonsillectomy/ adenoidectomy: A pragmatic, multicentre, double-blinded, randomised trial

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 196-203

  Liodden, Ingrid ^a   Sandvik, Leiv ^b   Valeberg, Berit Taraldsen ^c   Borud, Einar ^a   Norheim, Arne Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADENOIDECTOMY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TONSILLECTOMY;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADENOIDECTOMY; ANTIEMETICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 84930829573     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: 17599873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/acupmed-2014-010738     Document Type: Article

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