Efficacy of Ginger on Intraoperative and Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in Elective Cesarean Section Patients

Summary

SPECIFIC AIMS * Assess risk factors for nausea and vomiting in c-section patients undergoing regional anesthesia * Quantify the incidence of nausea and vomiting intraoperatively and postoperatively in the ginger and placebo groups. * Quantify post-operative analgesia and pruritus in the ginger and placebo groups * Quantify patient satisfaction of the ginger and placebo groups * Assess patient expectation of ginger on post-op day three

Timeline

Start

2010-06

Primary completion

2011-07

Completion

2011-07

Publications

• 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.
• Kalava A, Darji SJ, Kalstein A, Yarmush JM, SchianodiCola J, Weinberg J. Efficacy of ginger on intraoperative and postoperative nausea and vomiting in elective cesarean section patients. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2013 Jul;169(2):184-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2013.02.014. Epub 2013 Mar 17.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.