abstract: background : cyclic vomiting syndrome(cvs) is a disorder with dysmotility component and erythromycin is  a an antibiotic with prokinetic effect. this study aimed to evaluate the erythromycin efficacy in childhood cyclic vomiting syndrome methods : in this prospective study, 301 patients with final diagnosis of cvs enrolled in two separated groups. the first group received erythromycin...

background: nausea and vomiting are the most common and unpleasant side effects of chemotherapy, and they may prevent successful treatment completion. antiemetics not only cannot control nausea and vomiting completely but also have numerous side effects. so it is necessary to find other methods for a better control. this study aimed to assess the effect of massage therapy on chemotherapy-induce...

background: postoperative nausea and vomiting is a high unpleasant symptom in surgical procedures. this study compares the effectiveness of midazolam with promethazine as multipurpose drug in postoperative nausea and vomiting as a preoperative and anesthetic medication after appendectomy. methods: this randomized, double – blind clinical trial study was performed in patients who underwent appen...

conclusions the findings of this study showed that ginger extract can be used for the prevention of nausea and vomiting during cesarean section under spinal anesthesia. background nausea and vomiting are one of the most common complications of cesarean sections under spinal anesthesia. recently, the use of drugs to treat nausea and vomiting has decreased, and nonpharmaceutical and alternative t...

background nausea and vomiting in pregnancy is a common complaint of nearly 50-80% of pregnant women. the problem begins around the 4th weeks of pregnancy and often stays up to the 12th weeks and may continue to the 16th week in a few patients. objectives the aim of our study is to determine the effect of acupressure (on kid21 point) on nausea and vomiting of pregnancy. materials and methods th...

introduction: nausea and vomiting are the most common complications after minor head trauma that increases the risk of intracranial pressure rising. therefore, the present study was aimed to compare the antiemetic effects of metoclopramide and ondansetron in the treatment of post-traumatic nausea and vomiting. methods: the study was a controlled, randomized, double blind clinical trial, which w...

background to this date, there has been no specific therapy proven to be effective for cyclic vomiting syndrome (cvs) in controlled trials. multiple regimens have been proposed including: cyproheptadine, propranolol, amitriptyline, and phenobarbital. these medications are not without major side effects. the aim of this study was to describe the authors’ experience with hydroxyzine in children w...

background & aim: nausea and vomiting during pregnancy (nvp) is among the most common problems in pregnant women. as explained in guidelines, combination of non-drug treatments, including nutritional modifications, lifestyle changes, and use of alternative medicine for the treatment of nvp has been less highlighted. the present study was performed with the aim of determining the effect of an ed...

conclusions intraperitoneal bupivacaine administration at the beginning and end of laparoscopic cholecystectomy reduced only visceral and shoulder pains at the 4th postoperative hour, but had no effect on reducing neither ponv, nor opioid demand, during the first four postoperative hours. results there were no demographic data differences between groups. no differences were found between the tw...