BACKGROUND Despite new anesthetic drugs and antiemetics, particularly 5-hydroxytryptamines, the incidence of postoperative nausea or vomiting remains between 20% and 70%. The authors tested the hypothesis that supplemental perioperative oxygen administration reduces the incidence of postoperative nausea or vomiting. METHODS Patients undergoing colon resection were anesthetized with fentanyl a...

conclusions it can be concluded that subjects receiving ea intraoperatively experienced less pain and ponv. hence, it is plausible that ea has an opioid-sparing effect and can reduce ponv. results the mean nrs was 2.75 (sd = 2.34) at 30 minutes and 2.25 (sd = 1.80) at 2 hours postoperatively in the ea group that was significantly lower than the mean nrs in the control group as 4.50 (sd = 2.37) ...

Nausea and vomiting is a common and distressing postoperative complication with an incidence of 25-43% after both inpatient and day care surgery1. Patients rate freedom from postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) as their most IJBAR (2013) 04 (01) www.ssjournals.com Abstract Purpose: To compare the efficacy of ondansetron-dexamethasone combination with ondansetron alone for prevention of post...

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Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PNV) in the ambulatory surgical unit is a continuing and vexing problem. Delayed discharges and patient discomfort have major impact in an outpatient setting. An understanding of the causes and aetiologies of PNV including anaesthetic, surgical and patient factors is critically important in the management of these patients. Therapy begins with a good history, ...

BACKGROUND Postoperative nausea and vomiting is a high unpleasant symptom in surgical procedures. This study compares the effectiveness of midazolam with promethazine as multipurpose drug in postoperative nausea and vomiting as a preoperative and anesthetic medication after appendectomy. Methods : This randomized, double - blind clinical trial study was performed in patients who underwent appen...

It is well appreciated that a number of things (e.g., various insults, chemotherapeutic agents, radiation) may lead to the release of serotonin from the enterochromaffin of the gastrointestinal tract. Released serotonin may then bind to certain 5-HT3 receptors and promote nausea/vomiting. 5-HT3 receptor antagonists may ameliorate nausea/vomiting in a number of circumstances and have been utiliz...

INTRODUCTION Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is associated with a high incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting. In this study we investigated comparatively the efficacy of combination therapy with ondansetron plus droperidol versus monotherapy with each agent alone in preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting following elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy. MATERIAL AND METHODS One hun...