Effect of Auricular Acupressure Therapy for the Prevention of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting After Gynecological Surgery

Effect of Auricular Acupressure Therapy for the Prevention of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting After Gynecological Surgery

Objective: Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is still a troubling problem in patients who undergo gynecological surgery, especially in patients using morphine for patient-controlled analgesia (PCA). In this study, we investigated whether auricular acupressure therapy reduced the incidence of...

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Main Authors: Chung-Hsin Huang, Yung-Wei Hsu, Chien-Chuan Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2005-09-01
Series:Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Subjects:
auricular acupressure therapy
patient-controlled analgesia
postoperative nausea and vomiting
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1028455909601467

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