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Nausea and vomiting after cataract surgery: Does neostigmine have an emetic effect?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2005

H. P. Frizelle ,
E. Curran ,
C. Twomey ,
J. MacAdoo  and
G. Shorten
H. P. Frizelle
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland
E. Curran
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland
C. Twomey
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland
J. MacAdoo
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland
G. Shorten
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland
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European Journal of Anaesthesiology , Volume 22 , Issue 7 , July 2005 , pp. 551 - 553
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© 2005 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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