Post-Operative Therapy for Nausea or Vomiting

Summary

This is a single site, prospective, randomized controlled study designed to evaluate the impact of acupressure when used as an initial treatment before rescue medications in the treatment of post-operative nausea and/or vomiting at UCD.

Timeline

Start

2016-10-18

Primary completion

2017-04

Completion

2018-12

Publications

• Background Parra-Sanchez I, Abdallah R, You J, Fu AZ, Grady M, Cummings K 3rd, Apfel C, Sessler DI. A time-motion economic analysis of postoperative nausea and vomiting in ambulatory surgery. Can J Anaesth. 2012 Apr;59(4):366-75. doi: 10.1007/s12630-011-9660-x. Epub 2012 Jan 6.
• Background Chandrakantan A, Glass PS. Multimodal therapies for postoperative nausea and vomiting, and pain. Br J Anaesth. 2011 Dec;107 Suppl 1:i27-40. doi: 10.1093/bja/aer358.
• Background Hirsch J. Impact of postoperative nausea and vomiting in the surgical setting. Anaesthesia. 1994 Jan;49 Suppl:30-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1994.tb03580.x.
• Background Gan TJ, Meyer TA, Apfel CC, Chung F, Davis PJ, Habib AS, Hooper VD, Kovac AL, Kranke P, Myles P, Philip BK, Samsa G, Sessler DI, Temo J, Tramer MR, Vander Kolk C, Watcha M; Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia. Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia guidelines for the management of postoperative nausea and vomiting. Anesth Analg. 2007 Dec;105(6):1615-28, table of contents. doi: 10.1213/01.ane.0000295230.55439.f4.
• Background White PF, Zhao M, Tang J, Wender RH, Yumul R, Sloninsky AV, Naruse R, Kariger R, Cunneen S. Use of a disposable acupressure device as part of a multimodal antiemetic strategy for reducing postoperative nausea and vomiting. Anesth Analg. 2012 Jul;115(1):31-7. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182536f27. Epub 2012 Apr 13.
• Background Lee A, Fan LT. Stimulation of the wrist acupuncture point P6 for preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2009 Apr 15;(2):CD003281. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003281.pub3.
• Background Liodden I, Howley M, Grimsgaard AS, Fonnebo VM, Borud EK, Alraek T, Norheim AJ. Perioperative acupuncture and postoperative acupressure can prevent postoperative vomiting following paediatric tonsillectomy or adenoidectomy: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. Acupunct Med. 2011 Mar;29(1):9-15. doi: 10.1136/aim.2010.002915. Epub 2010 Dec 18.
• Background Alessandrini M, Napolitano B, Micarelli A, de Padova A, Bruno E. P6 acupressure effectiveness on acute vertiginous patients: a double blind randomized study. J Altern Complement Med. 2012 Dec;18(12):1121-6. doi: 10.1089/acm.2011.0384. Epub 2012 Sep 5.
• Background Noroozinia H, Mahoori A, Hasani E, Gerami-Fahim M, Sepehrvand N. The effect of acupressure on nausea and vomiting after cesarean section under spinal anesthesia. Acta Med Iran. 2013 Apr 6;51(3):163-7.
• Background Genc F, Tan M. The effect of acupressure application on chemotherapy-induced nausea, vomiting, and anxiety in patients with breast cancer. Palliat Support Care. 2015 Apr;13(2):275-84. doi: 10.1017/S1478951514000248. Epub 2014 Apr 30.
• Background Huang ST, Chen GY, Lo HM, Lin JG, Lee YS, Kuo CD. Increase in the vagal modulation by acupuncture at neiguan point in the healthy subjects. Am J Chin Med. 2005;33(1):157-64. doi: 10.1142/S0192415X0500276X.
• Background Tokumaru O, Chen JD. Effects of acupressure on gastric myoelectrical activity in healthy humans. Scand J Gastroenterol. 2005 Mar;40(3):319-25. doi: 10.1080/00365520410009636.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.