The already proven anti-emetic action of P6 (Neiguan) acupuncture has been used with success in patients having cancer chemotherapy. The more patient-acceptable alternative to needling, transcutaneous electrical stimulation of P6, has been evaluated using a simple, custom-built stimulator and large surface electrodes. This can be administered by the patient and preliminary findings show it to be a useful adjunct to both the older anti-emetics and the new 5 HT3 antagonist, ondansetron.

The incidence of postoperative illness was monitored for 6 hours in 74 women premedicated with nalbuphine, 10 mg, and undergoing short gynecologic operations of similar duration under methohexital-nitrous oxide-oxygen anesthesia. Each patient received P6 acupuncture for 5 minutes at the time of administration of premedication. In random order the site of the acupuncture had been previously infiltrated with normal saline solution in half of the patients and 1% lidocaine in the remaining patients. Postoperative emetic sequelae occurred significantly more often in those who received lidocaine compared with the group that received saline solution. This demonstrates the ability of a local anesthetic administered at the point of stimulation to block the antiemetic action of P6 acupuncture in a manner similar to that shown by others for analgesia.

AnaesthesiaVolume 31, Issue 1 p. 114-115 Free Access Post-operative analgesia combined with doxapram Ragnar Andersen, Ragnar Andersen Department of Anaesthesia, University of Oslo, Aker Hospital, Oslo 5, NorwaySearch for more papers by this authorKnut Krohg, Knut Krohg Department of Anaesthesia, University of Oslo, Aker Hospital, Oslo 5, NorwaySearch for more papers by this author Ragnar Andersen, Ragnar Andersen Department of Anaesthesia, University of Oslo, Aker Hospital, Oslo 5, NorwaySearch for more papers by this authorKnut Krohg, Knut Krohg Department of Anaesthesia, University of Oslo, Aker Hospital, Oslo 5, NorwaySearch for more papers by this author First published: January 1976 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2044.1976.tb11766.xCitations: 5AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article.Citing Literature Volume31, Issue1January 1976Pages 114-115 RelatedInformation

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AnaesthesiaVolume 22, Issue 4 p. 701-702 Free Access PLACEBOS IN CLINICAL RESEARCH John W. Dundee, John W. Dundee Department of Anæsthetics Institute of Clinical Science Queen's University, Belfast Cedric W. M. Wilson Department of Pharmacology Trinity College, University of DublinSearch for more papers by this author John W. Dundee, John W. Dundee Department of Anæsthetics Institute of Clinical Science Queen's University, Belfast Cedric W. M. Wilson Department of Pharmacology Trinity College, University of DublinSearch for more papers by this author First published: October 1967 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2044.1967.tb10180.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Reference 1 BEECHER, H.K. (1959). In Clinical Evaluation of New Drugs, edited by Wake and Shapiro. p. 61, Hoeber-Harper, New York . Volume22, Issue4October 1967Pages 701-702 ReferencesRelatedInformation

AnaesthesiaVolume 20, Issue 3 p. 299-314 Free Access Some effects of premedication on the induction characteristics of intravenous anæsthetics JOHN W. DUNDEE md, phd, ffarcs, JOHN W. DUNDEE md, phd, ffarcs Department of Anæsthetics The Queen's University of Belfast Northern IrelandSearch for more papers by this author JOHN W. DUNDEE md, phd, ffarcs, JOHN W. DUNDEE md, phd, ffarcs Department of Anæsthetics The Queen's University of Belfast Northern IrelandSearch for more papers by this author First published: July 1965 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2044.1965.tb02534.xCitations: 4AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume20, Issue3July 1965Pages 299-314 ReferencesRelatedInformation