Role of Emotional Freedom Techniques in Reducing Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-02-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

In our study the investigators want to evaluate the effects of EFTs (emotional freedom techniques) for reducing incidence of PONV (Postoperative nausea and vomiting). The effects of EFTs have been quiet evident on many aspects if the incidence of PONV is reduced then it will be much valuable adjunct to postoperative management of the patients.

Our hypothesis was Emotional freedom techniques are very useful to reduce the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Rawalpindi
• Treatments: Atracurium; Cefuroxime; Cefuroxime axetil; Ketorolac; Ketorolac Tromethamine; Midazolam; Propofol; Ranitidine; Ranitidine bismuth citrate; Sevoflurane

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients undergoing elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy for gallstone disease.

2. Patients with age range of 25 to 55 years

Exclusion Criteria:

1. H/O chronic illness like DM, IHD, CRF, CLD,

2. H/O acute or chronic psychiatric or psychological illness.

3. H/O APD (acid peptic disease) or regurgitation.

4. H/O of any chemotherapy (cancer drugs, opioids), radiotherapy, any history of repeated infection.

5. H/O use of hepatotoxic drugs like acetaminophen, ciprofloxacin, ATT, valproic acid etc. in last one month.

6. H/O alcohol intake in last one month.

7. Previous hepatobilliary surgery.

8. Complicated cholecystectomy in which laparoscopic cholecystectomy is converted to open cholecystectomy.

9. Patients who are given opioids in postoperative period.

10. Patients who need epidural analgesia in postoperative period.