Talk:Postoperative nausea and vomiting
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Meridian point
[edit]In conjunction with antiemetic medications, acupressure application to the Pericardium Meridian 6 point has been found to produce a positive effect, in relieving postoperative nausea and vomiting. However, any Pericardium Meridian 6 point device application needs to be patient-friendly, in its use during the perioperative period. Since over 60% of surgical procedures in the U.S. are performed in ambulatory settings, same day surgery patients could also benefit from the Pericardium Meridian 6 point acupressure technique.
The text above lacked a reference, so I did a Google search. The 2nd hit was this [1], which states:
RESULTS: Results showed that the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting was 36% in the treatment group and 40% in placebo group, which is statistically insignificant. CONCLUSION: Application of acupressure at P6 point half an hour before induction of anaesthesia does not significantly alter the incidence of postoperative nausea and/or vomiting within 6 hours after surgery.
I also found a reference to a study showing positive results. Therefore, I have edited the page to include both references.
I did not make an attempt to resolve the formatting difference between my citations and the citations already on the page, which did not appear to use the ref tag. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Loraan (talk • contribs) 20:47, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
Mechanisms
[edit]Mechanisms are missing from the article, described very well here: [2] --WS (talk) 11:58, 22 June 2013 (UTC)
Wiki Education assignment: Pathophysiology of Disease
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This article is currently the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 16 December 2024 and 15 April 2025. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Ketadex (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Pupsandplants.
— Assignment last updated by Pupsandplants (talk) 17:49, 6 April 2025 (UTC)
- Hi, I think this is a good article to edit!
- -The introduction is clear and concise.
- -A few sections could be simplified to layman's terms a bit more, such as the "Cause" section and the "Prevention" section.
- -The study at the beginning of "Risk Factors" is not clearly explained. I think expanding on the important aspects of that study may help make that reference a bit clearer.
- -Another suggestion for the "Risk Factors" section, try using bullet points to clean up the formatting a bit. I think that small change might help!
- -"PONV results from patient, surgical, and anesthetic factors." This sentence is unclear, under "Risk Factors".
- -I think the "Epidemiology" section is a great section to have in there! Pupsandplants (talk) 17:47, 6 April 2025 (UTC)