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Interventions for preventing nausea and vomiting in women undergoing regional anaesthesia for caesarean section.

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SUBMITTER: Griffiths JD

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4204618 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Project description:Nausea and vomiting are common complications in patients undergoing caesarean delivery under regional anaesthesia. When experienced after surgery, they may delay recovery, reduce patient satisfaction and affect the bonding between mother and baby. Various pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches for prophylaxis and treatment of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) have been employed with different degree of efficacy. In this pilot randomised controlled trial, we aimed to determine the possible preventative effects of chewing gum on the rate of PONV in expectant mothers undergoing neuraxial anaesthesia for elective lower segment caesarean section. All participants underwent spinal anaesthesia with administration of 10-11.5 mg of intrathecal heavy Bupivicaine 0.5% according to anaesthetists' preference, Morphine 100 μg and Fentanyl 25 μg. Postoperative analgesia regimen was also standardised. Two hundred ninety-six patients were randomised to an intervention arm to receive chewing gum in addition to standard therapy and to a non-intervention arm to receive standard therapy. After exclusions, 258 patients were followed up 24 h postoperatively. Standard therapy is defined as Ondansetron 4 mg IV intra-operatively. The primary outcomes were the incidences of nausea and vomiting in the first 24 h postoperatively. Secondary outcomes were the number of episodes of nausea or vomiting in the recovery room and on the ward 24 h postoperatively, use of anti-emetics postoperatively, severity of nausea and patient satisfaction with the intervention. Our study revealed no significant differences in rates of postoperative nausea and vomiting between the intervention and standard therapy groups (41.4% v 36.9% p = 0.461). There were no significant differences in secondary outcomes between groups. Chewing gum does not reduce the incidence of PONV after elective LSCS under spinal anaesthesia. Our trial was registered with clinicaltrials.org (NCT04191694).

Project description:BackgroundWe aimed to conduct a systematic review and network meta-analysis (NMA) of published studies to comprehensively compare and rank the efficacy and safety of pharmacological interventions for preventing nausea and vomiting after ambulatory surgery.MethodsA systematic and comprehensive search will be performed using the MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and Google Scholar databases, beginning from their inceptions to July and August 2019. Only randomized clinical trials on the efficacy and safety of pharmacologic interventions for preventing nausea and vomiting after ambulatory surgery will be included.The primary endpoints will be the incidences of postoperative nausea (PON), postoperative vomiting (POV), and postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) in the following recovery phases: before discharge (recovery phase I and II), after discharge but within 24 hours following surgery, and after discharge, after the initial 24-hour postoperative period.The incidences of delayed post-discharge nausea, post-discharge vomiting, and post-discharge nausea and vomiting, which occur after the initial 24-hour postoperative period, severities of PON, POV, and PONV, use of rescue antiemetics, and the incidence of complete response, as well as safety issues, including complications, such as headache, dizziness, and drowsiness, will be also assessed.We will conduct both pairwise meta-analysis and NMA. We will use surface under the cumulative ranking curve values and rankograms to present the hierarchy of the pharmacologic interventions. A comparison-adjusted funnel plot will be used to assess the presence of small-study effects. The quality of the studies included will be assessed using the risk of bias tool 2.0. All statistical analyses will be performed using Stata SE, version 15.0 (StataCorp, College Station, TX).ResultsThe results of this systematic review and NMA will be published in a peer-reviewed journal.ConclusionThis systematic review and NMA will provide comprehensive and convincing evidence summarizing the efficacy and safety of pharmacological interventions for preventing nausea and vomiting after ambulatory surgery.Trial registration numberCRD42018103068.

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