Cochrane Db Syst Rev
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Cochrane Db Syst Rev · Apr 2009
Review Meta AnalysisPain control in first trimester surgical abortion.
First trimester abortions especially cervical dilation and suction aspiration are associated with pain, despite various methods of pain control. ⋯ Conscious sedation, GA and some non-pharmacological interventions decreased procedural and postoperative pain, while being safe and satisfactory to patients. Data on the widely used PCB is inadequate to support its use, and it needs to be further studied to determine any benefit.
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Cochrane Db Syst Rev · Apr 2009
Review Meta AnalysisPain control in first trimester surgical abortion.
First trimester abortions especially cervical dilation and suction aspiration are associated with pain, despite various methods of pain control. ⋯ Conscious sedation, GA and some non-pharmacological interventions decreased procedural and postoperative pain, while being safe and satisfactory to patients. Data on the widely used PCB is inadequate to support its use, and it needs to be further studied to determine any benefit.
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Cochrane Db Syst Rev · Apr 2009
Review Meta AnalysisStimulation of the wrist acupuncture point P6 for preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting.
Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) are common complications following surgery and anaesthesia. Drugs to prevent PONV are only partially effective. An alternative approach is to stimulate the P6 acupoint on the wrist. This is an update of a Cochrane review first published in 2004. ⋯ P6 acupoint stimulation prevented PONV. There was no reliable evidence for differences in risks of postoperative nausea or vomiting after P6 acupoint stimulation compared to antiemetic drugs.
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Cochrane Db Syst Rev · Apr 2009
Review Meta AnalysisStimulation of the wrist acupuncture point P6 for preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting.
Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) are common complications following surgery and anaesthesia. Drugs to prevent PONV are only partially effective. An alternative approach is to stimulate the P6 acupoint on the wrist. This is an update of a Cochrane review first published in 2004. ⋯ P6 acupoint stimulation prevented PONV. There was no reliable evidence for differences in risks of postoperative nausea or vomiting after P6 acupoint stimulation compared to antiemetic drugs.
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Cochrane Db Syst Rev · Apr 2009
Review Meta AnalysisChlorpromazine dose for people with schizophrenia.
Chlorpromazine is one of the three antipsychotic drugs on the WHO Essential Drug List. It is used worldwide. The optimal dose has been the subject of evaluative research but summaries of this work are rare. ⋯ The average dose of chlorpromazine given to people with schizophrenia has declined across time, but this has come about by long - and sometimes hard - experience rather than from direction from high-grade trial-based evidence. This progression towards gentler levels of dosing has taken six decades. We hope that, for modern compounds, data from relevant high-grade evaluative studies will be much more swiftly available to guide informed practice.