Droperidol has comparable clinical efficacy against both nausea and vomiting (2009)
Apfel, C. C., Cakmakkaya, O. S., Frings, G., Kranke, P., Malhotra, A., Stader, A., ...
Background Droperidol is commonly noted to be more effective at preventing postoperative nausea (PON) than vomiting (POV) and it is assumed to have a short duration of action. This may be relevant...
Coburn, M., Kunitz, O., Apfel, C. C., Hein, M., Fries, M., Rossaint, R.
Background Xenon has been proved to be safe and efficacious for general anaesthesia in numerous trials. In addition, experimental studies demonstrate that xenon inhibits the 5-hydroxytryptamine type...
Effect of oral gabapentin on postoperative epidural analgesia (2006)
Turan, A., Kaya, G., Karamanlioglu, B., Pamukçu, Z., Apfel, C. C.
Background. Gabapentin has been used successfully as a non-opioid analgesic adjuvant for postoperative pain management. We hypothesized that gabapentin might be a useful adjuvant for postoperative...
Effect of oral gabapentin on postoperative epidural analgesia{dagger} (2005)
Turan, A., Kaya, G., Karamanliolu, B., Pamukçu, Z., Apfel, C. C.
Background. Gabapentin has been used successfully as a non-opioid analgesic adjuvant for postoperative pain management. We hypothesized that gabapentin might be a useful adjuvant for postoperative...
Comparison of predictive models for postoperative nausea and vomiting (2002)
Apfel, C. C., Kranke, P., Eberhart, L. H. J., Roos, A., Roewer, N.
Background. In order to identify patients who would benefit from prophylactic amtiemetics, six predictive models have been described for the risk assessment of postoperative nausea and vomiting...
What can be expected from risk scores for predicting postoperative nausea and vomiting? (2001)
Apfel, C. C., Kranke, P., Roewer, N.
Several risk scores have been developed to calculate the probability of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). However, the power to discriminate which individual will suffer from PONV is still...