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Reduction of postoperative vomiting in high‐risk patients
Author(s) -
Fisher M. McD.,
Chin K. C.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1984.tb07244.x
Subject(s) - medicine , vomiting , anesthesia , droperidol , premedication , pethidine , promethazine , fentanyl , postoperative nausea and vomiting , nausea , incidence (geometry) , surgery , analgesic , physics , optics
Summary Twenty‐eight patients who had a history of severe postoperative vomiting were divided into two groups. The first group received various anaesthetic drugs and the second group received a pethidine promethazine premedication and thiopentone, alcuronium, fentanyl and droperidol. There was a significant reduction in postoperative vomiting as assessed by vomiting score in both groups of patients, with the second group having a greater reduction in vomiting score than the control group. Nine of the patients in the second group have received the same anaesthetic uneventfully on a subsequent occasion. We propose that reassurance and the anaesthetic technique described can significantly reduce the incidence of postoperative vomiting in a high risk group.