The Prevention of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting after Strabismus Surgery in Children.
10.4097/kjae.1992.25.4.767
- Author:
Seung Kon YANG
1
;
Eun Chi BANG
;
Hae Keum KIL
;
Jong Rae KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article ; Randomized Controlled Trial
- Keywords:
Nausea and vomiting;
Droperidol;
Ephedrine;
Antiemetic effect
- MeSH:
Antiemetics;
Child*;
Droperidol;
Ephedrine;
Humans;
Incidence;
Nausea;
Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting*;
Strabismus*;
Vomiting
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
1992;25(4):767-771
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Nausea and vomiting are common problems after strabismus surgery in pediatric patients. We compared the effects of droperidol and ephedrine with conventional regimen consisting of halothane-N2O to the effects of conventional regimen itself, 69 children. ASA physical status l, ages 1-12yrs, were studied. Each child was randomly assigned to receive droperidol 0.04mg/kg., ephedrine 0.5mg/kg or normal saline 2ml intramuscularly, 10 minutes before the end of surgery. The incidence of postanesthetic nausea and vomiting was 17% in the droperidol group(p<0.05)., 13% in the ephedrine group(p<0.05), which were significantly less than the control group(43%). But there was no significant difference between droperidol group and ephedrine group. We concluded that droperidol and ephedrine have significant postoperative antiemetic effect in patients undergoing strabismus surgery.
