Prevention of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting (PONV) by Acupressure

Herlev Hospital132 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to determine whether stimulation to the akupressurpoint P6 with a recently developed bracelet are effective preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

TRIPLE

Enrollment

132

Conditions

Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting Acupressure Point P6

Interventions

Vital-band (R)DEVICE

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Female, * Non-smoker, * \>18 years, * ASA 1 or 2, * Signed patient information, * IV-anaestesia. Exclusion Criteria: * Male, * Smoker, * ASA 3 or 4, * Pregnancy, * Nausea and vomiting within the last 24 h before operation, * Diabetes, * Carpaltunnel syndrome, * Lymphedema of arms, * Eczema of forearm, * Patients who earlier has undergone removal of lymph nodes in the armpits, * Inhalation anaestesia.

Locations (1)

Herlev University Hospital, department of anaestesiology

Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Postoperative nausea and vomiting

Secondary Outcomes

1: The use of conventionel antiemetic treatment.

2: Lenght of stay in the perioperative unit.

3: overall lenght of stay

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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