Background: Gallstone disease and its symptoms are frequently encountered in Indian population. Approximately, 80% of the gallstones are asymptomatic. Female sex, obesity, pregnancy, rapid weight loss, gallbladder stasis, and increasing age are a few risk factors for the development of gallstones. Materials and Methods: This study, “A study on the role of levosulpiride in prevention of post-ope...

Stapedotomy for otosclerosis presents particular anaesthesiology demands as the surgeon has to assess functional results during the operation, work with some bleeding, be ensured the collaboration of the patient, and limit the occurrence of intra- and post-operative symptoms (dizziness, nausea, vomiting and pain). Remifentanyl, a micro-opioid selective agonist characterised by short latency and...

abstract strongyloidiasis is caused by infestation with strongyloides stercoralis, a free living tropical and semitropical soil helminth that has a larval form that penetrates intact skin. clinical manifestations may be varied from an asymptomatic infection in immunocompetent hosts to a diffuse and fatal form in immunocompromised hosts. we report a 56-year-old man from dezful (south-west of ira...

conclusions ginger was effective for the relief of mild to moderate nausea and vomiting in pregnant women at less than 16 weeks gestation. results there were no statistical differences in the baseline demographics between the three groups apart from age of marriage and wanted or unwanted pregnancy. an ancova test (covariance test) showed significant differences in mean scores after the interven...

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...

background : chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting is an added distress to patients burdened by the illness. in an effort to tackle the emetogenic potential of the agents, guidelines have been proposed to maintain uniformity in prescription and improvement in patient tolerance; but their utility and practice is not consistent. the aim of this clinical audit was to assess the antiemetic.pract...

Due to the growing importance of quality assurance and cost containment in healthcare, eliciting patients' preferences for post-operative outcomes may be a more economical and reliable method of assessing quality. Three hundred and fifty-five day surgery patients completed a pre-operative written questionnaire to identify patients' preferences for avoiding 10 particular post-operative symptoms:...

Postoperative nausea and vomiting is an unpleasant, distressing, and exhausting experience for patient. This is more common and severe in tympanomastoid surgery. The role of dexamethasone prevention of this complication is unclear and during recent years much attention has been paid to it. In order to evaluate prophylactic effect of dexamethasone on postoperative nausea and vomiting after masto...