Nausea

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Contents 1 More Specific Terms 2 Introduction 3 Management 4 More General Terms 5 Additional Terms 6 References

More Specific Terms

• post-operative nausea & vomiting

Introduction

• An unpleasant, but not painful sensation generally perceived in the upper abdomen. It is generally accompanied by hyper- salivation & the desire to vomit or the feeling that vomiting is imminent. It may be brief, prolonged & sometimes occurs in waves.

• See vomiting.

Management

• sucking of hard candy or popsicle especially in children
• anticholinergics for motion sickness - scopolamine
• antihistamines - inner ear dysfunction or motion sickness

• dimenhydrinate ( Dramamine) 50 mg PO/ IV/ IM every 4 hours
• promethazine ( Phenergan) 25-50 mg PO/ IV/ IM every 4-6 hours

• see vomiting

More General Terms

• sign/symptom

Additional Terms

• vomiting

References

1. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed. Companion Handbook, Isselbacher et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1995, pg 829-39
2. Nausea and Vomiting: NIH Institute and Center Resources [1]

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