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The incidence and severity of postoperative nausea and vomiting in patients exposed to positive intra‐operative suggestions
Author(s) -
Williams A. R.,
Hind M.,
Sweeney B. P.
Publication year - 1994
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.1365-2044.1994.tb14190.x
Subject(s) - nausea , medicine , vomiting , incidence (geometry) , postoperative nausea and vomiting , anesthesia , surgery , physics , optics
Summary In a double‐blind study, the effects of positive intra‐operative suggestions on the incidence and severity of postoperative nausea and vomiting were studied in 60 patients randomly selected to undergo routine major gynaecological surgery. Patients who received positive suggestions suffered significantly less nausea and vomiting in the 24 h after surgery.