Table 2: Anesthesia Related Data and Overall Emetic Symptoms
| Characteristic |
Group I n = 60 |
Group E n = 59 |
Group S n = 59 |
Group P n = 60 |
P-Value |
| Antiemetics (tropisetron, dimenhydrinate, metoclopramide, droperidol, placebo) |
| - prior to induction |
(6/6/6/6/6) |
(6/6/6/6/6) |
(6/6/6/6/6) |
(6/6/6/6/6) |
|
| - at the end of aneasthesia |
(6/6/6/6/6) |
(5/6/6/6/6) |
(5/6/6/6/6) |
(6/6/6/6/6) |
|
| Anesthesia time (min) |
55 (48-65) |
60 (45-74) |
60 (49-75) |
57 (49-75) |
|
| Time to extubation (min) |
16 (12-25) |
14 (10-25) |
20 (13-29) |
16 (13-24) |
|
| PACU stay (min) |
65 (49-88) |
60 (37-87) |
80 (63-100) |
60 (36-74) |
|
| PON (0-24 hrs) |
26 (43%) |
24 (41%) |
25 (42%) |
13 (22%) |
P = 0.043 |
| POV (0-24 hrs) |
24 (40%) |
27 (46%) |
20 (34%) |
11 (18%) |
P
= 0.011 |
| PONV (0-24 hrs) |
35 (58%) |
35 (59%) |
28 (48%) |
17 (28%) |
P
= 0.002 |
| Rescue antiemetics |
9 (15%) |
14 (24%) |
9 (15%) |
6 (10%) |
P
= 0.23 |
Data are presented as number of patients (%) or median (lower-upper quartiles).