| The Prevention of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting after Strabismus Surgery in Children. |
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Seung Kon Yang, Eun Chi Bang, Hae Keum Kil, Jong Rae Kim |
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Department of Anesthesiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. |
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| Abstract |
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Nausea and vomiting are common problems after strabismus surgery in pediatric patients. We compared the effects of droperidol and ephedrine with conventional regimen consisting of halothane-N2O to the effects of conventional regimen itself, 69 children. ASA physical status l, ages 1-12yrs, were studied. Each child was randomly assigned to receive droperidol 0.04mg/kg., ephedrine 0.5mg/kg or normal saline 2ml intramuscularly, 10 minutes before the end of surgery. The incidence of postanesthetic nausea and vomiting was 17% in the droperidol group(p<0.05)., 13% in the ephedrine group(p<0.05), which were significantly less than the control group(43%). But there was no significant difference between droperidol group and ephedrine group. We concluded that droperidol and ephedrine have significant postoperative antiemetic effect in patients undergoing strabismus surgery. |
| Key Words:
Nausea and vomiting; Droperidol; Ephedrine; Antiemetic effect |
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