NAUSEA AND VOMITING AFTER GYNECOLOGICAL LAPAROSCOPY - COMPARISON OF PREMEDICATION WITH ORAL ONDANSETRON, METOCLOPRAMIDE AND PLACEBO

Authors
MALINS AF FIELD JM NESLING PM COOPER GM
Citation
Af. Malins et al., NAUSEA AND VOMITING AFTER GYNECOLOGICAL LAPAROSCOPY - COMPARISON OF PREMEDICATION WITH ORAL ONDANSETRON, METOCLOPRAMIDE AND PLACEBO, British Journal of Anaesthesia, 72(2), 1994, pp. 231-233
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Anesthesiology
Journal title
British Journal of Anaesthesia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070912
Volume
72
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
231 - 233
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0912(1994)72:2<231:NAVAGL>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
We have compared the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting up to 48 h after day-case gynaecological laparoscopy after oral premedic ation with ondansetron 4 mg, metoclopramide 10 mg or a placebo allocat ed randomly and assessed blindly. Emetic symptoms (nausea or vomiting) occurred in 26% of patients who received ondansetron, 42% of those wh o received metoclopramide and 50% of those given placebo.