Objective: To compare dietary intake and demographics characteristic in Chinese women who experienced nausea and vomiting, nausea only, and women who had no symptom of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. Materials and methods: In this prospective cohort study, Chinese pregnant women attending to Shenzhen Longgang District Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital during 2010-2015 were enrolled....

conclusions intraperitoneal bupivacaine administration at the beginning and end of laparoscopic cholecystectomy reduced only visceral and shoulder pains at the 4th postoperative hour, but had no effect on reducing neither ponv, nor opioid demand, during the first four postoperative hours. results there were no demographic data differences between groups. no differences were found between the tw...

background: clinical trials in surgical procedures have shown that dexamethasone reduced pain, nausea and vomiting postoperatively. the aim of this study was to compare the effect of dexamethasone on nausea and vomiting and labor pain in women who were candidates for normal vaginal delivery. methods: in a clinical trial, 60 pregnant women during labor were allocated to two groups receiving 8 mg...

BACKGROUND Studies that contributed to the epidemiology of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy have reported conflicting findings, and often failed to account for all possible co-variables necessary to evaluate the multidimensional associations. The objectives of this study were to: 1) Estimate the prevalence and the severity of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy during the 1st and the 2nd trimester...

Nausea and vomiting are the most common symptoms of pregnancy. As a result many medical practitioners will encounter this problem and should be familiar with the appropriate investigations and current treatment options. Nausea and vomiting affect 50-90% of pregnant women, and in about 35% of these women symptoms are of clinical relevance, with both physical and psychosocial sequelae. Although c...

Clinical questionCan ginger treat nausea and vomiting of pregnancy?Bottom lineIn the first trimester ginger might improve nausea and vomiting by about 4 points on a 40-point scale or stop vomiting for 1 in 3 women at 6 days. The largest study suggests no increase in fetal malformations or stillbirths, but smaller studies suggest otherwise.

Introduction: Nausea and vomiting is one of the complications of spinal anesthesia in cesarean section. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of dexamethasone-metocloprmide with ondansetrone on preventing nausea and vomiting during spinal Anesthesia for cesarean section. Methods: In this study 212 pregnant women (17-45 years old) candidate for elective cesarean section with an ASA...

OBJECTIVE To compare the antiemetic effect of acupressure at the Neiguan point (P6) in a group of healthy women with normal pregnancy and nausea and vomiting during pregnancy (NVP) with a similar group receiving acupressure at a placebo point and another, similar group not receiving any treatment. STUDY DESIGN A randomized, placebo-controlled, pilot study involving 60 women. RESULTS It is p...