A clinical trial to compare two different treatment modalities for treating nausea and/or vomiting in the emergency
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: K929- Disease of digestive system, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/03/024122
- Lead Sponsor
- Mohanapriya V S
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
All patients who are hemodynamically stable, aged 18 and above, with complaints of nausea and/or vomiting, with severity of 3 or more in Verbal Numeric Response Scale (VNRS).
Exclusion Criteria
Patient not willing to participate in the study
Age less than 18 years
Pregnant patients
Patients using antiemetic prior to presentation
Inability to inhale through nares
Allergic to inhaled isopropyl alcohol or ondansetron
Administration of drugs contraindicating alcohol administration
Patients with history of intestinal obstruction, carcinoma or hemoptysis
Patients with hemodynamic instability
Patients with smell of alcohol in their breath
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary outcome of this study is to assess the mean nausea and/or vomiting reduction measured from 0 to 10 by VNRS scale.Timepoint: 10,20 and 30 minutes and at end of 2 hours
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The secondary outcome includes the need for rescue antiemetic therapy and adverse effects during the studyTimepoint: 10, 20 and 30 minutes and at end of 2 hours