PMID: 8949810Sep 1, 1996Paper

Nausea and vomiting after cardiac surgery

British Journal of Anaesthesia
C R Grebenik, C Allman

Abstract

We have undertaken a prospective, randomized study to determine the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting during intensive care stay after cardiac surgery, and to study the effect of addition of droperidol to an infusion of morphine used for postoperative analgesia. Data from 398 patients were examined. The use of droperidol reduced complaints of nausea from 92 of 198 (46.5%) to 46 of 200 (23%) and episodes of retching or vomiting from 73 of 198 (36.9%) to 44 of 200 (22%). The number of patients requiring rescue antiemetic medication was also reduced significantly from 100 of 198 (50.5%) of those who did not receive droperidol to 44 of 200 (22%) of those given droperidol. Mean duration of intubation was 4.9 h and was unaffected by the use of droperidol. Droperidol had no effect on mean length of stay in the recovery unit.

Citations

Aug 26, 2014·Heart & Lung : the Journal of Critical Care·Jo-Ann V SawatzkyRakesh C Arora
Apr 30, 2010·Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia·Ronit LaviGeorge Djaiani
Jul 28, 2009·The Annals of Thoracic Surgery·Yuliya KorinenkoThoralf M Sundt
Oct 18, 2008·Clinical Nursing Research·Kathryn M KingNichole Korol
Jul 24, 2004·Anesthesia and Analgesia·Orathy Patangi Sanjay, Deepak Ivan Tauro
Jul 18, 2017·The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews·John Carlisle, Carl A Stevenson
Oct 20, 2020·The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews·Stephanie WeibelPeter Kranke
Sep 14, 2021·Current Medical Research and Opinion·Christine H Meyer-FrießemAndreas Baumann

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