Transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation of P6 to Prevent Postoperation Nausea and Vomiting

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2015-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The purpose of this study is to access the effect of TEAS of P6 in the prevention of PONV in women scheduled for gynecologic laparoscopic surgery with general anesthesia.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Huashan Hospital
• Treatments: BB 1101; Dexamethasone; Dexamethasone 21-phosphate; Dexamethasone acetate; Tropisetron

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I or II

• aged between 18 to 60yr

• scheduled for elective gynecological laparoscopic surgery requiring general anesthesia

Exclusion Criteria:

• pregnancy or breastfeeding

• mental retardation

• psychiatric or neurological disease

• use of antiemetics, emetogenic drugs, opioids or glucocorticosteroids within 3 days prior to surgery

• known allergy to tropisetron or dexamethasone

• nausea and/or vomiting within 24 hr prior to surgery

• implantation of a cardiac pacemaker, cardioverter, or defibrillator

• any skin problem at the acupoint stimulation area