Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 575-593 , December 2007

Prevention and control of postoperative nausea and vomiting in post-craniotomy patients

  • L.H.J. Eberhart, MD (Professor of Anaesthesiology)

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 6421 28 62945; Fax: +49 6421 28 66996.
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  • A.M. Morin, MD, PhD (Anaesthesiologist)
  • P. Kranke, MD, PhD (Assistant Professor of Anaesthesiology)

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doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2007.06.007

Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 575-593 , December 2007

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