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Acupuncture on PC6 in Anesthesia also Shows Effect for Preventing Post Operative Nausea and Vomiting  

Choi, Deok-Hwa (Department of Anesthesiology, Wonkwang University School of Medicine)
Lee, Su-Kyung (Department of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine, Wonkwang University School of Oriental Medicine)
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Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine / v.25, no.6, 2011 , pp. 1085-1088 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aims to investigate the effect of acupuncture on PC6 for preventing opioid-induced nausea and vomiting under circumstance whether the participants are conscious or non-conscious. 143 patients receiving intravenous patient controlled analgesia(PCA) with fentanyl were assigned to three groups. Two groups were given acupuncture on PC6 before anesthesia(PreAN) or after anesthesia(PoAN) respectively. One group was control group without acupuncture treatment(NC). Assessment of nausea and vomiting was obtained from all patients for 48hours after surgery. The incidence of nausea and vomiting was significantly lower in the PreAN group and PoAN group than in the NC group. The severity of nausea was the lowest in PreAN group, second to in PoAN group, and the highest in NC group. This results show that acupuncture on PC6 even without patients' consciousness has effect on preventing PONV.
Keywords
PC6; acupuncture; PONV;
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