Aromatherapy for Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in Children

Summary

Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is one of the most common postoperative complications of general anesthesia in pediatrics. Pediatric rates of nausea and vomiting are approximately double those of adult patients. Aromatherapy has recently been shown to reduce PONV in adults, but the effect in paediatric patients is unknown. The goal of this study is to determine the feasibility of a large-scale study in the paediatric population.

Timeline

Start

2014-07

Primary completion

2015-05

Completion

2015-07

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper For the primary outcome, 14/18 (78 %) of controls reached primary outcome compared to 19/21 (90 %) in the aromatherapy group (p = 0.39, Eta 0.175). PMID 27829428 ↗

Publications

• Kiberd MB, Clarke SK, Chorney J, d'Eon B, Wright S. Aromatherapy for the treatment of PONV in children: a pilot RCT. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2016 Nov 9;16(1):450. doi: 10.1186/s12906-016-1441-1.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.