Anesthesia & Clinical Research
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-6148
+44 1223 790975
ISSN: 2155-6148
+44 1223 790975
Kore Menjie
School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences,
P.O. BOX 1871, Mekelle
Ethiopia
Research Article
Efficacy of Intravenous Fluid on Prevention of Post-Operative Nausea and Vomiting at Ayder Referral Hospital Mekelle University, Northern Ethiopia
Author(s): Kore Menjie, Wondwossen Tekeleselasie and Amare AlemuKore Menjie, Wondwossen Tekeleselasie and Amare Alemu
Background: From post-operative complications which can put stress on operated patients, nausea and vomiting have a higher percentage and patient can have serious complications like fluid and electrolyte disturbance and pulmonary aspiration. Although there are many anti-emetics drugs are available for the prevention of postoperated nausea and vomiting a benefit is observed on few of them.
Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the efficiency of intravenous fluid on prevention post-operative nausea and vomiting, Mekelle University Ayder Referral Hospital.
Methodology: Cohort study was carried out using probability sampling technique. Data was collected by the interviewer administered structured questioner and it was entered, cleaned and analyzed by Epi-Info version 7.0 and SPSS version 20. Proportion was used to.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2155-6148.1000374