ANAESTHESIA, MOVEMENT AND EMESIS
- 1 June 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia
- Vol. 64 (6) , 728-730
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/64.6.728
Abstract
One hundred and eighty-two women undergoing dilatation and curettage were allocated randomly to receive premedication comprising temazepam, papaveretum-hyoscine or placebo. The temazepam recipients reported significantly fewer episodes of postoperative nausea. Movement was blamed by 66% of patients who identified a cause for nausea. These patients had higher scores on a motion sickness susceptibility questionnaire and were more likely to have been treated previously for nausea or vomiting. It may be possible to identify susceptible patients before surgery.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: