Advances in Nursing & Midwifery

Abstract

Abstract

Background and aim:

during recovery. Adenotonsillectomy is a common surgery among children, which can be followed

by some complications such as nausea, vomiting, bleeding, and even death in some cases. There are

some medical and nonmedical remedies to decrease nausea and vomiting. A nonmedical therapeutic

procedure is reduction of abdominal pressure using oral gastric tube. This study aims to assess

effects of gastric tube insertion during anesthesia induction on nausea and vomiting of

adenotonsillectomized patients.

Materials and Methods:

6 to 12 years old in Shahid Montazeri hospital of Najaf-Abad. Patients were randomly divided to

two groups of case group (36 Children with oral gastric tube) and controls group (36 children

without oral gastric tube). Anesthesia method for both groups was similar. Frequency of nausea and

vomiting were measured during the 24 hours following adenotonsillectomy. Data was analyzed

using SPSS 15 and Mannwhithney U, Chi square, Spearman, Friedman and wilcoxon tests.

Findings:

such as age, sex and weight (p>0.05). Frequencies of nausea and vomiting were significantly lower

in the intervention group comparing to the control group in the first 2 hours in recovery room as

well as in the first 2, 6, and 14 hours of patient attendance in the postsurgical ward (P

Conclusion:

reduce nausea and vomiting after adenotonsillectomy.

Key words

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