THE PREVENTION OF POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING AFTER ABORTION: METOCLOPRAMIDE
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- 1 October 1969
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia
- Vol. 41 (10) , 890-893
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/41.10.890
Abstract
SUMMARYThe anti-emetic properties of metoclopramide were investigated by means of a double-blind trial in patients after evacuation of the uterus following incomplete abortion. Vomiting occurred in only 6 of 50 patients who were given metoclopramide 20 mg by intramuscular injection immediately after operation, compared with 24 in a group of 50 in whom normal saline was injected. This difference is significant. There was a reduction in other postoperative side effects although all the differences were not statistically significant.Keywords
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