Table 4. Occurrence of postoperative nausea and vomiting .
Evaluation (h) | Nicotine (n=50) | Placebo (n=50) | P valuea | ||||||
No nausea, No vomiting | Nausea present, No vomiting | Nausea present, Vomiting, present | Vomiting>2 episodes in 30 min | No nausea, No vomiting | Nausea present, No vomiting | Nausea present, Vomiting, present | Vomiting>2 episodes in 30 min | ||
0 | 22(44%) | 21(42%) | 7(14%) | 0 | 20(40%) | 21(42%) | 9(18%) | 0 | 0.7 |
6 | 24(48%) | 18(36%) | 5(10%) | 3(6%) | 24(48%) | 22(44%) | 4(8%) | 0 | 0.3 |
12 | 32(64%) | 16(32%) | 1(2%) | 1(2%) | 39(78%) | 9(18%) | 2(4%) | 0 | 0.2 |
24 | 42(84%) | 6(12%) | 2(4%) | 0 | 41(82%) | 8(16%) | 0 | 1(2%) | 0.3 |
Antiemetics | 19 (38) | 16 (32) | 0.1 |
a Chi- square; Fisher’s exact test.