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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 40, 325-328, Copyright © 1993 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

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Perioperative gastric aspiration increases postoperative nausea and vomiting in outpatients

CA Trepanier and L Isabel
Departement d'Anesthesie, Hopital de l'Enfant-Jesus Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada.

The efficacy of aspiration of gastric contents to reduce postoperative nausea and vomiting was investigated in a controlled randomized, double-blind study of 265 outpatients. Patients in the treated group had their stomachs aspirated with an orogastric tube. In the control group no tube was inserted. Data on the incidence of nausea and vomiting were collected in the recovery room, the day surgery unit and the day after surgery. The overall incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting was comparable in the two groups. It was also comparable in the recovery room and the day surgery unit. However, treated patients had a higher incidence of both nausea (26.5% vs 12.0%, P < 0.005) and vomiting (16.7% vs 6.8%, P < 0.02) after their discharge from the day surgery unit. We conclude that aspiration of gastric contents with an orogastric tube does not decrease postoperative nausea and vomiting in outpatients and may increase it after discharge of the patient.


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