Search for dissertations about: "postoperative vomiting"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 swedish dissertations containing the words postoperative vomiting.

2. 1. Pain treatment after surgery : With special reference to patient-controlled analgesia, early extubation and the use of paracetamol

   Author : Pia Holmér Pettersson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Stockholm Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : acetaminophen; analgesia; patient-controlled; analgesics; day surgery; heart surgery; opioid; ketobemidone; pain measurement; pain; postoperative; paracetamol; postoperative nausea and vomiting; visual analogue scale; Acetaminophen; analgesia; patient-controlled; analgesics; day surgery; heart surgery; opioid; ketobemidone; pain measurement; pain; postoperative; paracetamol; postoperative nausea and vomiting; visual analogue scale;

   Abstract : The introduction of general anaesthesia eliminated pain during surgical operations. After surgery, however, pain and postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) have remained a persistent problem for many patients. The need for analgesics varies widely among patients, therefore standardised treatment protocols are often insufficient pain treatment. READ MORE

4. 2. Postoperative nausea and vomiting in women : an unglamorous aspect of anaesthesia

   Author : Eva Oddby Muhrbeck; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Anaesthesia; blood glucose; clonidine; epinephrine; pathophysiology; platelet count; postoperative nausea and vomiting; serotonin; therapeutic suggestion; vasopressin; women.;

   Abstract : Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONY) still remains a common and undesirable side effect of anaesthesia. Women are afflicted by PONY two to three times more often than men and a substantial number of patients consider PONV to be the worst part of the entire surgical procedure. READ MORE

5. 3. Video assisted gastrostomy in children

   Author : Torbjörn Backman; Lund Pediatrik; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Gastrostomy; Laparoscopy; VAG; Complications; VPS; Malignancy; Vomiting; Double U-stitch suture;

   Abstract : Children with severe diseases can be provided nutritional support through a gastrostomy if needed. At the Department of Paediatric Surgery in Lund we have used the Video Assisted Gastrostomy (VAG) procedure since 1994 when establishing gastrostomies. READ MORE

6. 4. Postoperative Symptoms After Gynaecological Surgery : How They Are Influenced by Prophylactic Antiemetics Sensory Stimulation (P6-Acupressure)

   Author : Aidah Alkaissi; Dag Lundberg; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Acupuncture; P6-acupressure; droperidol; antiemetics; PONV; gynaecological surgery; motion sickness; eccentric rotation; coriolis effect; antiemetic prophylaxis; granisetron; Anaesthetics; Anestesiologi;

   Abstract : Symptoms after surgery and anaesthesia influence the patient´s ability to resume daily activities. If postoperative symptoms are controlled rehabilitation may be accelerated. READ MORE

7. 5. Fast track abdominal hysterectomy : On the mode of anesthesia, postoperative recovery and health economics

   Author : Ninnie Borendal Wodlin; Preben Kjølhede; Lena Nilsson; Christer Borgfeldt; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : Abdominal hysterectomy; Cost-effectiveness; Fast track; General anesthesia; Health economy; Intrathecal morphine; Postoperative recovery Postoperative symptoms Randomized study; Spinal anesthesia; Quality of Life; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Abstract : Introduction: Hysterectomy is the most common major gynecological operation in the Western World and approximately 5000 benign hysterectomies are performed in Sweden every year. Consequently it is a surgical procedure that affects many women. READ MORE