Active clinical trials for "Vomiting"

Recent evidence suggests multiple drug therapy is superior to single agents. The study compares the incidence of nausea, vomiting, need for rescue medication, prolonged PACU time, and unplanned hospital admission in patients with high risk for PONV treated with oral aprepitant with or without transdermal scopolamine preoperatively.

This is an observational study with the goal of determining the costs of nausea and vomiting in ambulatory patients after surgery from the US societal perspective.

RATIONALE: Understanding how nausea or vomiting caused by chemotherapy effects a patient's treatment decisions may help doctors plan better cancer treatment and may help patients live more comfortably. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying nausea or vomiting in patients who are receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer or lung cancer.

The purpose of this study is to assess whether timely feedback to providers on patient experiences with delayed chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) lead to differences in patient outcomes for subsequent cycles.

Postoperative nausea and vomiting after outpatient surgery are significant sources of patient dissatisfaction. The prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) should be equally as important as prevention of pain because both are large sources of patient dissatisfaction and can necessitate admission after routine outpatient procedures. None of the currently available pharmacological interventions are able to totally abolish PONV. The use of electroacustimulation is a useful adjunct in prevention of PONV, but has yet to be studied when the patient takes the device home with them after leaving an outpatient facility.

The primary objective of this study is to measure the prevalence of preoperative dehydration in elective major abdominal urologic surgery when we apply our daily standard operation procedures. Secondary objectives are to assess the impact of preoperative dehydration on postoperative outcome. The hypothesis is that preoperative dehydration leads to more postoperative complications.

This project intends to develop and implement an electronic reminder for post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV) prophylaxis into the Anesthesia Record Keeping System. Each patient will have his or her PONV risk classified based on the following risk factors: Female gender, History of PONV, History of Motion Sickness, Non-smoker and Duration of procedure > 60 minutes. Patients will be randomized to either receive the PONV reminder or not. Those receiving the PONV reminder will have the PONV risk assessment and current guideline information for PONV prophylaxis displayed on the Anesthesia Record Keeping System (ARKS) screen at the beginning of the case. At the end of the procedure (specific at documentation of emergence), the reminder will assess the current status of PONV prophylaxis as per anti-emetic medications administered and compare the current status to the recommended status based on published guidelines. If the current status is compatible or exceeds the recommended status the reminder will silently document compliance. If published guidelines suggest additional PONV prophylaxis based on the patients risk profile and a comparison with the currently documented status, an electronic reminder will appear on the ARKS screen to alert the anesthesia provider of an opportunity to enhance guideline adherence. The reminder will not recommend a specific medication, intervention or therapy. It will be completely the decision of the anesthesia provider if and how to modify the PONV prophylaxis for the patient. Subjects randomized to not receive the electronic display will have it deactivated.

The purpose of this study is to see if the nicotine patch reduces post operative nausea and/or vomiting (PONV) among non-smoking patients who are at high risk of PONV.

The purpose of this study is to observe the incidence of nausea with systemic chemotherapy that includes consecutive days (more than one day)of cisplatin medication.

The purpose of this study is to characterize the accompanying symptoms, evaluation and management of patients with chronic vestibular dysfunction presenting with nausea and vomiting.