Aromatherapy for Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in Children
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2015-07-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is one of the most common postoperative
complications of general anesthesia in pediatrics. Pediatric rates of nausea and vomiting are
approximately double those of adult patients. Aromatherapy has recently been shown to reduce
PONV in adults, but the effect in paediatric patients is unknown. The goal of this study is
to determine the feasibility of a large-scale study in the paediatric population.