BACKGROUND Postoperative nausea and vomiting are important causes of morbidity after general anesthesia. Nitrous oxide has been implicated as an emetogenic agent in many studies. However, several other trials have failed to sustain this claim. The authors tried to resolve this issue through a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials comparing the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomit...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Laparoscopic bariatric surgeries are associated with an appreciably high rate of postoperative nausea and vomiting. This study was designed to compare the effectiveness of granisetron either alone or in combination with droperidol or dexamethasone, for the prevention of post operative nausea and vomiting (PONV) in patients undergoing laparoscopic bariatric surgeries. ...

The prophylactic antiemetic efficacy of combined granisetron and dexamethasone was evaluated in a randomized double-blind manner in 88 patients undergoing general anaesthesia for major gynaecological surgery. Immediately after recovery from anaesthesia, patients received a single dose of either placebo (saline, n = 22), granisetron (20 micrograms.kg-1, n = 22), dexamethasone (8 mg, n = 22) or c...

BACKGROUND The original guidelines for using ondansetron recommending its administration prior to induction of anesthesia have been questioned. METHOD In an effort to determine the most effective timing of ondansetron administration to prevent postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV), a prospective, randomized, double-blind study was performed. Patients undergoing ambulatory plastic surgery p...

Mual muntah setelah operasi atau post operative nausea and vomiting (PONV) merupakan komplikasi yang umum terjadi. Akupresur berguna untuk mengatasi masalah PONV dan penekanan pada titik P6 diterapkan guna alternatif pasien-pasien beresiko tinggi timbulnya gejala mual muntah. Tujuan dari studi kasus ini mengetahui penurunan subjek apendiktomi dilakukan terapi akupresur. Metode kualitatif dengan...

Post Operative Nausea and Vomiting (PONV) is a state of nausea vomiting that occurs during the first 24 hours after surgery. The Apfel score Koivuranta are predictor scores used to predict PONV, currently there no research shows which more accurate in predicting PONV at RSU Cut Meutia Aceh Utara reduce time anamnese it necessary obtain one has higher accuracy between two scores. This study aims...

BACKGROUND Management of postoperative pain and emergence agitation following adenotonsillectomy in pediatrics has been a major challenge for anesthesiologists. Although analgesic sparing effect of ketamine has been studied during tonsillectomy in pediatrics, there is a lot of controversy about its efficacy. Present study was designed to evaluate the effect of intravenous low dose ketamine (0.2...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS This study was designed to explore the relationship between changes in middle ear pressure associated with inhalational anesthesia and the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). STUDY DESIGN Prospective, randomized. METHODS Middle ear compartment pressures were measured by tympanometry in 27 randomly assigned knee arthroscopy patients throughout the sur...

Previous evidence suggested that 10 mg systemic metoclopramide is not effective to prevent postoperative nausea and/or vomiting (PONV) in patients receiving general anaesthesia. However, the evidence included data with questioned validity by the author Yoshitaka Fujii. The objective of the current study was to examine the effect of a systemic dose of 10 mg metoclopramide to prevent PONV. This q...

BACKGROUND Opioid-based patient controlled analgesia (PCA) provides adequate pain control following spinal surgeries at the expense of increased risk of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). We evaluated the efficacy of dexamethasone added to ramosetron, which is a newly developed five-hydroxytryptamine receptor 3 antagonist with a higher receptor affinity and longer action duration compare...