The efficacy of P6 acupressure with sea-band in reducing postoperative nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing craniotomy: A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 42-50

  Nilsson, Ida ^a,b   Karlsson, Åsa ^a,b   Lindgren, Lenita ^c   Bergenheim, Tommy ^d   Koskinen, Lars Owe ^d   Nilsson, Ulrica ^e  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Departments of Nursing   (Sweden)

^c Umea Center for Functional Brain Imaging UFBI   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Craniotomy; P6 acupressure; Postoperative nausea and vomiting

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; ATROPINE; BETAMETHASONE; DROPERIDOL; FENTANYL; KETOBEMIDONE; MORPHINE; ONDANSETRON; OPIATE; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; SEVOFLURANE; THIOPENTAL; ANTIEMETIC AGENT;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPRESSURE BAND; ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MICROVASCULAR DECOMPRESSION; MOTION SICKNESS; NUMERICAL RATING SCALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL PATIENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; DEVICES; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPRESSURE; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANTIEMETICS; CRANIOTOMY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROVASCULAR DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; ONDANSETRON; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84928269273     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: 15371921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANA.0000000000000089     Document Type: Article

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