introduction: controversy remains as to the advantages and disadvantages of pharyngeal packing during septorhinoplasty. our study investigated the effect of pharyngeal packing on postoperative nausea and vomiting and sore throat following this type of surgery or septorhinoplasty.   materials and methods: this clinical trial was performed on 90 american society of anesthesiologists (asa) i or ii...

conclusions no significant differences were observed between the groups based on the neonatal outcome including neonatal anthropometric parameters and lack of congenital anomaly. results there was no difference between the groups in the mean age of mother and the mean age of gestation. no differences were found between the groups regarding birth weight (3006.93 ± 441.86 versus 2949.65 ± 457.36 ...

Nausea and vomiting during pregnancy (NVP) is a condition that affects women around the world. Previous studies show NVP associated with dietary changes aversions towards certain kinds of food. It has been suggested these could have adaptive functions, such as protecting embryo from harmful teratogenic substances in foods. Here, we used food frequency questionnaire to record self-reported consu...

Mild-to-moderate nausea and vomiting of pregnancy affects up to 80% of all pregnancies. Concern about antiemetic use and the time-limited nature of symptoms has restrained the development of effective treatment approaches, yet supportive, dietary, and lifestyle changes may be ineffective. This article reviews 4 recent well-controlled, double-blind, randomized clinical studies that provide convi...

postoperative nausea and vomiting (ponv) is one of the most common postoperative complications. aside from pharmacological interventions, other complementary healing modalities have been introduced to assist patients in decreasing ponv and improving postoperative outcomes. this study examined acupressure as a safe complement to the more traditional approach of using drugs to prevent and/or reli...

Abstract Background : At the beginning of a pregnancy mother experiences various processes transition or adaptation regarding changes in herself, so that she really needs support from her environment. Lack social can worsen physiological complaints pregnant women including Nausea and Vomiting Pregnancy (NVP). Complaints nausea vomiting affect carrying out daily activities, mother's situation wi...

OBJECTIVE To review available evidence about the effectiveness of alternative therapies for nausea and vomiting of pregnancy. DATA SOURCES MEDLINE and 13 additional US and international data bases were searched in 1996-1997 for papers that described use of alternative medicine in the treatment of pregnancy and pregnancy complications, specifically those addressing nausea, vomiting, and hypere...

OBJECTIVE To explore women's experiences of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy. DESIGN secondary (thematic) analysis of data collected by narrative interviews for two wider studies about antenatal screening and about pregnancy for the DIPEx website (www.dipex.org). PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING A maximum variation sample was recruited throughout the UK. Data from the 73 women interviewed have been...