Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting is one of the most common side effects in pediatric patients undergoing chemotherapy despite development antiemetics, so assessing nurses for knowledge skills about chemotherapy-induced nausea vomiting management very important

I am induced to make some remarks upon this subject of obstinate vomiting in pregnancy, from the fact that within the last five years three cases of albuminuria during gestation have come under my observation, in all of which untoward results occurred, and in two of these obstinate vomiting was the prominent symptom. In one of the cases?the only one of which I mean to give complete details, the...

It is generally conceded that nausea with vomiting is the most common toxic manifestation of sulfapyridine therapy and may appear in approxdmately 60 to 70 per cent of cases treated with the drug. Occasionally the vomiting is so severe as to make necessary the cessation of therapy. Explanations proposed for the mechanism of this vomiting fall into two groups, namely, a local effect upon the gas...

The current study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of palonosetron hydrochloride injection for preventing chemotherapy-induced moderate and severe nausea and vomiting. A multi-centered, randomly stratified, double-blind, double-dummy, parallel-group and positive-controlled trial was performed. A total of 240 patients who underwent chemotherapy treatment which induced moderate or severe...

Background: Considering nausea and vomiting are a common complaint of pregnancy. Most non-medication therapy and complementary and alternative medicine were preferred to reduce it in recent years. The aim of our study is to determine the effect of acupressure (on point KID21) on nausea and vomiting of pregnancy. Materials and Methods : This single blind clinical trial study was performed on 80 ...

be considerably delayed. Thus, a normal chloride level is not incompatible with the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis, for the level may become appreciably reduced only at an advanced stage in the disease process. Table 2 summarizes the important changes in the cerebro-spinal fluid. It will be seen that variations between the cellular and chemical responses are of great value in diagnosis, th...

Cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS) is a chronic functional disorder characterized by episodes of severe nausea and vomiting that alternate with prolonged symptom-free intervals.1 Symptoms are often triggered by social stress; episodes can occur after the loss of a loved one, job-related stress, during exams, and even on vacations.2 The etiology of CVS is not known, but several theories have been pr...

Accepted 17 July 1996 A 47-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital with a history of sudden headache, vomiting and slight diplopia on left lateral gaze, without alteration in the level of consciousness. The patient had been diagnosed as suffering from stage II breast cancer, 10 months earlier, after detection of a 2-cm mass in the left breast. A total mastectomy and axillary dissection was ...