Whether does Acupressure (P6) prevent nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing ear surgery. | [Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences • 2007]

Author(s):

1. Amjad Rasheed: Department of Anaesthesiology, King Abdul Aziz University Hospital, Riyadh, Kindom of Saudi Arabia

2. Azizul-Haq: Department of Anaesthesiology, King Abdul Aziz University Hospital, Riyadh, Kindom of Saudi Arabia

3. Umer Iqbal: Department of Anaesthesiology, King Abdul Aziz University Hospital, Riyadh, Kindom of Saudi Arabia

4. Khalid Usman: Department of Anaesthesiology, King Abdul Aziz University Hospital, Riyadh, Kindom of Saudi Arabia

5. Mansoor Aqil: Department of Ophthalmology & Department of Anesthesiology, Quaid i Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur and Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lahore, Pakistan

Abstract:

To investigate whether acupressure (P6) prevents nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing ear surgery and to compare effect and placebo effect of acupressure (P6) in preventing nausea and vomiting in patients who have undergone ear surgery Methods: This was double blind randomized study in which sixty patients were enrolled. They were divided into three equal groups. First group received acupressure with bilateral stimulation of P6 (A), second group received bilateral placebo stimulation (P) and a third group received no acupressure stimulation and served as a reference group(R). We observed how many patients developed nausea ,vomiting and needed rescue antiemetics in each group Results: It is clear from the results that 9,7,6 patients in groups A,P,R respectively developed nausea only while 1, 1 and 8 patients had nausea(8 Vs 1with P

Page(s): 73-76

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Published: Journal: Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, Volume: 1, Issue: 2, Year: 2007

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