conclusions the findings of this survey showed that shortening the duration of pre-adenotonsillectomy fasting period and hydration of patients several hours prior to the operation might be effective in decreasing postoperative pain and facilitating postoperative oral feeding initiation. nevertheless this method does not seem to prevent postoperative nausea and vomiting. results the amount of ac...

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...

POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING (PONV) remains one of the most common, and most distressing postoperative complications. Despite advances in pharmacological and nonpharmacological prophylactic and rescue interventions, postoperative vomiting (POV) occurs in approximately 30% of surgical patients, while the incidence of nausea is around 50%. The incidence of PONV in high risk patients may run ...

Context: Prevention and treatment of postoperative nausea and vomiting continues to be a major challenge in postoperative care. Gabapentin is an antiepileptic drug .Its antiepileptic action is demonstrated in chemotherapy-induced acute and delayed onset of nausea and vomiting in breast cancer patient. Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the antiemetic effect of gabapentin on incidence a...

Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are commonly combined with intravenous morphine patient-controlled analgesia to relieve postoperative pain. NSAIDs have a documented 30-50% sparing effect on morphine consumption. However, most of the studies have not demonstrated a decrease in morphine adverse effects. A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials was performed to evaluate the ris...