• Anesthesia and analgesia · Feb 1996

    Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial

    Tropisetron for the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting in women undergoing gynecologic surgery.

    • E Alon, R Kocian, P C Nett, O R Koechli, U Baettig, and V Grimaudo.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Zurich University Hospital, Switzerland.
    • Anesth. Analg. 1996 Feb 1;82(2):338-41.

    AbstractThe aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of tropisetron, a selective 5-hydroxytryptamine type 3 (5-HT3) receptor antagonist, versus placebo in the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing general anesthesia for gynecologic surgery. Ten minutes before induction of general anesthesia, 80 patients received in a double-blind manner a single intravenous (IV) injection of either 5 mg tropisetron or a matching placebo. Anesthesia was induced with thiopental and maintained with nitrous oxide and enflurane in oxygen. In the first 24 h postoperatively 7 of 40 patients (17.5%) given tropisetron and 16 of 40 patients (40%) receiving placebo vomited (P < 0.05). The incidence of nausea was 30% (12/40) in the tropisetron group and 52% (21/40) in the placebo group (P < 0.05). A total effective antiemetic response showed 26 patients (65%) in the tropisetron group and 16 patients (40%) in the placebo group (P < 0.05). We conclude that tropisetron given IV prior to gynecologic procedures in general anesthesia significantly reduces postoperative nausea and vomiting when compared to placebo without causing any adverse effect.

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