Latest papers

Use of droperidol for ambulatory eye surgery in a patient with Huntington's chorea.

The black box warning for droperidol.

The prophylactic effect of haloperidol plus dexamethasone on postoperative nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy.

Haloperidol for postoperative nausea and vomiting: are we reinventing the wheel?

Con: The black box warning on droperidol should not be removed (but should be clarified!).

FDA response to droperidol black box warning editorials.

Pro: The Food and Drug Administration Black box warning on droperidol is not justified.

Postoperative nausea and vomiting after surgery for prognathism: Not only a question of patients' comfort. A placebo-controlled comparison of dolasetron and droperidol

Inhibition of the HERG channel by droperidol depends on channel gating and involves the S6 residue F656.

Sufficiency of data for resuming use of low-dose droperidol.

Heart block and prolonged Q-Tc interval following muscle relaxant reversal: a case report.

Low-dose haloperidol prevents post-operative nausea and vomiting after ambulatory laparoscopic surgery.

The use of droperidol before and after the Food and Drug Administration black box warning: a survey of the members of the Society of Ambulatory Anesthesia.

Prophylactic antiemetic therapy for acute abdominal surgery. A comparative study of droperidol, metoclopramide, tropisetron, granisetron and dexamethasone.

Droperidol-induced proarrhythmia: the beginning of an answer?

Does low-dose droperidol administration increase the risk of drug-induced QT prolongation and torsade de pointes in the general surgical population?

Changing patterns of postoperative nausea and vomiting prophylaxis drug use in an academic anesthesia practice.

The antipruritic and antiemetic effects of epidural droperidol: a study of three methods of administration.

Prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing laparoscopic bariatric surgery--granisetron alone vs granisetron combined with dexamethasone/droperidol.

Evidence-based review of the black-box warning for droperidol.