Book contents
- Pharmacology for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
- Pharmacology for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Foreword
- Section I Basic Principles
- Section II Core Drugs in Anaesthetic Practice
- Section III Cardiovascular Drugs
- Section IV Other Important Drugs
- Chapter 18 Central Nervous System
- Chapter 19 Antiemetics and Related Drugs
- Chapter 20 Drugs Acting on the Gut
- Chapter 21 Intravenous Fluids, Minerals and Nutrition
- Chapter 22 Diuretics
- Chapter 23 Antimicrobials
- Chapter 24 Drugs Affecting Coagulation
- Chapter 25 Drugs Used in Diabetes Mellitus
- Chapter 26 Corticosteroids and Other Hormone Preparations
- Index
Chapter 19 - Antiemetics and Related Drugs
from Section IV - Other Important Drugs
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 February 2021
- Pharmacology for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
- Pharmacology for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Foreword
- Section I Basic Principles
- Section II Core Drugs in Anaesthetic Practice
- Section III Cardiovascular Drugs
- Section IV Other Important Drugs
- Chapter 18 Central Nervous System
- Chapter 19 Antiemetics and Related Drugs
- Chapter 20 Drugs Acting on the Gut
- Chapter 21 Intravenous Fluids, Minerals and Nutrition
- Chapter 22 Diuretics
- Chapter 23 Antimicrobials
- Chapter 24 Drugs Affecting Coagulation
- Chapter 25 Drugs Used in Diabetes Mellitus
- Chapter 26 Corticosteroids and Other Hormone Preparations
- Index
Summary
Nausea and vomiting has many causes including drugs, motion sickness, fear, pregnancy, vestibular disease and migraine. In previous decades anaesthesia was almost synonymous with vomiting, but with the advent of new anaesthetic agents and more aggressive treatment the incidence of vomiting has decreased. However, even the latest agents have failed to eradicate this troublesome symptom encountered in the peri-operative period.
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- Pharmacology for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care , pp. 266 - 274Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021