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Acupressure in Management of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in High-Risk Ambulatory Surgical Patients.
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Journal of perianesthesia nursing : official journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses [J Perianesth Nurs] 2017 Aug; Vol. 32 (4), pp. 271-278. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Sep 01. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Purpose: The purpose of this randomized blinded placebo-controlled research study was to investigate the effect of acupressure over 24 hours postoperatively for ambulatory surgical patients who are identified as high risk for PONV.<br />Design: A randomized blinded placebo-controlled study design was implemented.<br />Methods: Study enrollment criteria included four of five risk factors as defined in 2006 by American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses PONV/postdischarge nausea and vomiting guidelines: female, PONV history or motion sickness, nonsmoker, and volatile gas general anesthetic. One hundred ten patients were randomly assigned to an intervention (N = 57) acupressure bead patch or control (N = 53) sham acupressure patch group. Patients rated PONV on scale (0 to 10).<br />Findings: Acupressure use at P6 preoperatively was statistically significant in reducing PONV in all three postoperative phases. One hundred ten patients were enrolled; 93 patients finished the study's three phases and nine were admitted postoperatively.<br />Conclusions: Acupressure is an effective minimal risk and low-cost adjunctive therapy for prevention and treatment in ambulatory surgical patients at high risk for PONV. Further studies using other acupressure points should be conducted.<br /> (Copyright © 2016 American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1532-8473
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of perianesthesia nursing : official journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 28739058
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jopan.2015.09.010