Acupuncture in the care of nausea and vomiting after surgery
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- nausea and vomiting postoperative.C23.550.767.859
- Registration Number
- RBR-9kwjgx
- Lead Sponsor
- Departamento de Anestesiologia da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Estadual Paulista
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
female patients , aged 18 to 65 years , physical status I and II according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists ( ASA ) , undergoing abdominal elective gynecological surgery ( hysterectomy) under total intravenous anesthesia.
Exclusion Criteria
patients under 18 years , ASA III or IV , unable to report or respond to protocol , fear of acupuncture needle , inability to use P6 ( Neiguam ) , patients using a different antiemetic protocol .
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method For the quantitative variables will be held the variance analysis in a completely randomized design . For qualitative variables will be held Fisher's exact test .<br>The level of significance will be 5% .<br><br>* It will be assessed the frequency of nausea and vomiting in both groups up to 24 h after surgery.<br><br>* Plasma serotonin and dopamine will be quantified before and after acupuncture and acupressure group without also in order to see if acupuncture interfere plasma levels of these .<br><br>For the quantitative variables will be held the variance analysis in a completely randomized design. For qualitative variables will be held Fisher's exact test.<br>The level of significance will be 5%.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br><br>dont have