Regional anesthesia and pain medicine
The most recent articles from:
Reg Anesth Pain Med
-
Reg Anesth Pain Med · Jan 1998
Intrathecal addition of morphine to bupivacaine is not the cause of postoperative nausea and vomiting.
Postoperative nausea and vomiting after anesthesia is an distressing side effect. This study was undertaken to determine to what extent spinal opioids contribute to postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) and secondly to how effectively metoclopramide can reduce the incidence of PONV after intrathecal administration of morphine. ⋯ Administration of metoclopramide did not reduce the overall incidence of PONV. Our study shows no relationship between the use of intrathecal morphine and the incidence of PONV during the first 24 hours postoperative.