Background and Objectives: Postoperative nausea vomiting (PONV) is a common adverse effect of general anesthesia, especially in middle ear surgery. Remimazolam newer benzodiazepine recently approved for use anesthesia. This study aimed to compare the incidence rate PONV after tympanoplasty with mastoidectomy between using remimazolam sevoflurane. Materials Methods: included 80 patients undergoi...

QUESTION In addition to suffering from nausea and vomiting of pregnancy, which is being treated with antiemetics, some of my pregnant patients complain of heartburn and acid reflux. Should these symptoms also be treated and, if so, which acid-reducing medications are safe for use during pregnancy? ANSWER Increased severity of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy is associated with the presence of...

An increasing number of women are diagnosed with cancer during pregnancy and lactation. Women are usually advised to interrupt breastfeeding during systemic anticancer treatment for fear of serious adverse effects to the nursed infant. However, the issue is poorly addressed in the literature and very few studies have evaluated the safety of breastfeeding during or after cytotoxic drugs or targe...

antiemetics are given to cancer patients prior to their chemotherapy sessions to protect them from nausea and vomiting induced by chemotherapy. the responsible health care team member will choose the type of antiemetic required to prevent the patient from developing nausea and vomiting according to the chemotherapy ematogenicity level. current guidelines recommend using a single antiemetic agen...

Xylazine hydrochloride, α2 adrenoceptor agonist, is an analgesic, sedative, tranquilizer, and muscle relaxant agent in veterinary medicine which is mostly used as in pre-anesthesia in veterinary medicine. One of the main adverse effects of xylazine which limits application of this medication in small animal veterinary practice (mostly in cats) is nausea and vomiting which can end up with aspira...