Efficacy of Prevention for Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting After Intrathecal Morphine in Cesarean Section

Summary

Post-operative nausea and vomiting are the major complications after spinal anesthesia with intrathecal morphine, therefore antiemetic drugs should be administered for best satisfaction of anesthesia to prevent these complication. Furthermore, administration of a combination of antiemetic drugs with different mechanisms of action appears reasonable and synergistic effect of drugs. In conclusion, we study efficacy of antiemetic effect of single antiemetic drug compare with combination antiemetic drugs.

Timeline

Start

2009-05

Primary completion

2010-04

Completion

2011-04

Publications

• Background Wu JI, Lo Y, Chia YY, Liu K, Fong WP, Yang LC, Tan PH. Prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting after intrathecal morphine for Cesarean section: a randomized comparison of dexamethasone, droperidol, and a combination. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2007 Apr;16(2):122-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2006.11.004. Epub 2007 Feb 1.
• Griffiths JD, Gyte GM, Popham PA, Williams K, Paranjothy S, Broughton HK, Brown HC, Thomas J. Interventions for preventing nausea and vomiting in women undergoing regional anaesthesia for caesarean section. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2021 May 18;5(5):CD007579. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007579.pub3.

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