BACKGROUND Postoperative nausea and vomiting is a common distressing problem in patients undergoing gynaecological surgery under anaesthesia including central neuraxial blockade, which requires frequent medical interventions. OBJECTIVES We aimed to find out the antiemetic effect of prophylactic dexamethasone for prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing total abdo...

Postoperative nausea and vomiting is common after cardiac surgery and may contribute to significant morbidity. Gastric decompression during anesthesia has been used for postoperative nausea and vomiting prophylaxis in shorter duration noncardiac surgery with conflicting results. We tested the hypothesis that gastric decompression during elective coronary revascularization surgery with cardiopul...

Background: Nausea and vomiting is one of the most common complications after the strabismus surgery. In this study, we evaluated the efficacy of atropine versus ondansetron administration on the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting and duration of recovery stay in patients undergoing this procedure. Methods: In this case-control study, 90 patients between 3 to 30 years old who were ...

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...

OBJECTIVE To determine the risk factors for postoperative nausea and vomiting. STUDY DESIGN Quasi-experimental study with prospective data collection. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY The study was conducted at Dow Medical College University and Civil Hospital, Karachi from January to December 2004. PATIENTS AND METHODS Data on patients' characteristic, anesthesia, surgery and postoperative na...

Background: Posotoprative nausea and vomiting remains a persistent and distressing problem inspite of many advances on perioperative care and anti-emetic drugs. A newer antiemetic drug Granisetron has not been studied in patients undergoing gynaecological surgery under spinal anaesthesia. Objective: A randomized double blind study was conducted to compare Ondansetron and Granisetron for prevent...

BACKGROUND Striving to increase patient comfort and feasibility of performing abdominoplasties as outpatient procedures, investigators have been exploring alternative methods of anesthesia to safely avoid general anesthesia. These techniques may result in decreased narcotic administration, and decreased postoperative nausea and vomiting. The authors have added the use of preoperative local anes...