Effect of Propofol on Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting.

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2021-10-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

As PONV is a dreadful experience that badly affects the patients' quality of life after surgery and the anti-emetic effects of propofol have been seldomly studied in Pakistan, this study aims at investigation of the beneficial effects of propofol in reducing the occurrence of PONV.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Hospital Islamabad
• Treatments: Propofol

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Parturient aged between 18 - 50 years

• Elective Cesarean under spinal anesthesia

• Patients at increased risk of PONV based on Apfel score 2 or more

• ASA Class II

• Ability to give informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Allergy to propofol

• ASA Class III and above

• Anti emetic drug administered 24 hrs prior to surgery