Effect of acupoint therapies on chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting

The Effect of Semi-Upright Position on Incidence and Intensity of Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting

The effect of Vitamin B6 on chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting in pediatric cancer

Background: Nausea and vomiting are the common side-effects of chemotherapy in children with malignancy. In this study, the effectiveness of vitamin B6 in reducing the chemo-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) in children was tested. Material and methods: A triple-blind clinical trials was performed on 100 children with malignancy referring to the pediatric clinic of Amir Kabir Hospital, Arak, ...

Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting.

younger patient age, platinumor anthracyclinebased chemotherapy, low alcohol consumption, earlier cycles of chemotherapy, previous history of morning sickness, and prior emetic episodes after chemotherapy. The acute and delayed scoring systems both had good predictive accuracy when applied to the external validation sample (acute— auroc: 0.69; 95% confidence interval: 0.59 to 0.79; delayed—auro...

Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting.

Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) affects many cancer patients and has a great influence on quality of life. CINV involves coordination of several organs of the gastrointestinal tract, the peripheral and central nervous systems. Many neurotransmitters are involved in this process, and the predominant receptors are serotonin, neurokinin-1 and dopamine receptors. Risk factors for CI...

Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting

In the past two decades, significant advances have been made in the management of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV). These advances are primarily due to a greater understanding of the physiological and molecular pathways underlying CINV, which resulted in major progress in the management of patients with CINV. In the early 1990s, CINV treatment consisted of dex-amethasone [1]. Imp...