Prevention of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting (PONV) by Acupressure

Herlev Hospital

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Acupressure Point P6; Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting

Treatments: Device: Vital-band (R)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00275483

Vital-band 01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether stimulation to the akupressurpoint P6 with a recently developed bracelet are effective preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting

Enrollment: 132 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Female,
• Non-smoker,
• >18 years,
• ASA 1 or 2,
• Signed patient information,
• IV-anaestesia.

Exclusion criteria

• Male,
• Smoker,
• ASA 3 or 4,
• Pregnancy,
• Nausea and vomiting within the last 24 h before operation,
• Diabetes,
• Carpaltunnel syndrome,
• Lymphedema of arms,
• Eczema of forearm,
• Patients who earlier has undergone removal of lymph nodes in the armpits,
• Inhalation anaestesia.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind