Pregnancy can be a very special time in the life of woman. Nausea and vomiting are common problems during pregnancy which may lead to weight loss, anorexia, general weakness malaise. Acupressure on P6 point is among complementary alternative therapies help reduce nausea vomiting. The aim study was assess effect acupressure reduction primigravida women. A quasi-experimental conducted women selec...

BACKGROUND Nausea, retching and vomiting are very commonly experienced by women in early pregnancy. There are considerable physical, social and psychological effects on women who experience these symptoms. This is an update of a review of interventions for nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy previously published in 2010. OBJECTIVES To assess the effectiveness and safety of all intervention...

Nausea and vomiting are the common complication during and after spinal anesthesia antiemitic drugs reduce vomiting, but have some potential side effect. Acupressure is a nonagressive and without drug effect method that some the researcher suggest that this method can be used as a approach to reduce nausea and vomiting. Objective: This study is a clinical trial which is aimed to evaluate the ef...

Nausea and vomiting are the common complication during and after spinal anesthesia antiemitic drugs reduce vomiting, but have some potential side effect. Acupressure is a nonagressive and without drug effect method that some the researcher suggest that this method can be used as a approach to reduce nausea and vomiting. Objective: This study is a clinical trial which is aimed to evaluate the ef...

BACKGROUND Because of potential side effects of chemical treatments and in order to decrease the risk of nausea and vomiting in post-operative patients, there is a necessary requirement for some alternative therapeutic methods such as Acupressure. AIM The present randomized clinical trial study aimed to compare the effects of Acupressure and Metoclopramide on postoperative nausea and vomiting...

INTRODUCTION The use of acupressure is growing. Several studies have applied pressure to the P6 to reduce postoperative nausea, vomiting, and pain but have reported conflicting results. This study aimed to investigate the effects of pressure to the P6 point on pain, nausea and vomiting after appendectomy. METHODS A single-blind, randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted on 88 patient...

Editor,—I read Harmon and colleagues’ article on the use of acupressure in the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) with great interest.1 A cheap (and presumably re-usable) device without side effects and with such demonstrable efficacy must surely inspire great enthusiasm, and I look forward to seeing further such research. However, I was somewhat concerned by the process by ...

OBJECTIVE To test the feasibility of research on acupuncture and acupressure for children undergoing tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy. METHODS During January and February 2008, 20 patients from the ordinary waiting list at Lovisenberg Diakonale Hospital in Oslo were randomised to either acupuncture while under anaesthesia or standard care as control. The authors gave acupuncture at Pericard...