Efficacy of Ginger on Intraoperative and Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in Elective Cesarean Section Patients

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2011-07-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

SPECIFIC AIMS

• Assess risk factors for nausea and vomiting in c-section patients undergoing regional anesthesia

• Quantify the incidence of nausea and vomiting intraoperatively and postoperatively in the ginger and placebo groups.

• Quantify post-operative analgesia and pruritus in the ginger and placebo groups

• Quantify patient satisfaction of the ginger and placebo groups

• Assess patient expectation of ginger on post-op day three

• Phase: Phase 2/Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Joel Yarmush

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy (i.e., ASA I, or II) patients presenting for planned c-section at New York Methodist Hospital

• Signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• They are unable or unwilling to take part in the study

• They have a history of an allergy to any medications used including ginger

• They have had any gastrointestinal surgery on the stomach, small intestine, or gall bladder.

• They have any history of bleeding disorder, (i.e., Hemophilia A/B, ITP, etc.)

• They have a contraindication to intrathecal or epidural anesthesia. ( i.e., Arnold- Chiari malformation, etc.)

• They are unable to understand instructions or questions related to study

• ASA III or IV patients