Keywords
PONV, postoperative nausea and vomiting, arthritis, shock
CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS, CHEMOTHERAPY-INDUCED NAUSEA AND VOMITING, ARTHRITIS, SHOCK
More than 30% of postoperative patients in general still suffer from postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) within 24 h after surgery, and can be as high as 60–80% of high-risk patients based on Apfel score [Previous in vivo and in vitro studies have found that anisodamine can have therapeutic benefits in cardiac arrhythmias, bacteremic shock, arthritis and other conditions [There are substantial evidence supporting acupuncture as an adjunctive treatment for postoperative or chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting [We hypothesized that adding anisodamine to ST36 acupoint injection would obviate the need for repeated needling and improve its efficacy in preventing PONV. To compare this form of acupuncture to combination prophylaxis, we designed this double-blinded, randomized controlled trial among female patients undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG).