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Does First Oral Intake After Emergence Predict the Incidence of Post-operative Vomiting in Children?

NCT01725399 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 183

Last updated 2014-08-07

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Summary

Second only to pain, nausea and vomiting are the most uncomfortable complications of surgery and anesthesia. Unfortunately, our best defense against post-operative nausea and vomiting, a medicine called ondansetron (Zofran), is in dire national shortage. Consequently, non-pharmacological methods of prevention and treatment for post-operative nausea and vomiting have increased import. Following emergence from general anesthesia, children often request food and drink. There have been no studies to date that definitively determine the optimal first food or drink choice for these children. This study proposes to randomize children to either water or juice first intake following surgery. The investigators expect to find that children who consume glucose are less likely to vomit than those who first receive water.

Conditions

  • Post-operative Vomiting

Interventions

OTHER

Apple Juice

OTHER

Water

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jamie R Wingate, MD · UNC Chapel Hill

  • Peggy P McNaull, MD · UNC Chapel Hill

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
2 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-10-31
Primary Completion
2013-12-31
Completion
2013-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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