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. 2021 May 18;2021(5):CD007579. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007579.pub3

Yulin 2019.

Study name Efficacy and safety of electroacupuncture combined with tropisetron in treating carboprost tromethamine–induced nausea and vomiting during cesarean section:a prospective, randomised, controlled clinical trial (ChiCTR1900021396)
Methods RCT
Participants Inclusion criteria:
  • Women aged 22‐40 years, ASA grade I or II, no history of serious heart, lung, kidney and digestive system diseases, no history of diabetes, no history of nausea, vomiting, no history of carsickness, no experience of acupuncture, no contraindication of intraspinal block CS patients.


Exclusion criteria:
  • Women with poor anaesthetic effect and changing general anaesthesia.

Interventions Interventions 1:
  • Acupuncture + tropisetron


Intervention 2;
  • Acupuncture + normal saline


Intervention 3
  • Tropisetron + false acupuncture


Comparator:
  • Normal saline + false acupuncture

Outcomes Nausea, vomiting etc.
Starting date 1 October 2015
Contact information Study leader: Chang Yulin email: 17631695925@163.com. Also Yu Lili ‐ email: 18713057030@163.com
Notes Setting: Cangzhou Central Hospital, Cangzhou, Hebei, China
Tropisetron is a serotonin 5‐HT3 receptor antagonist
Trial registration: ChiCTR1900021396
Previous study name: ChiCTR1900021396 2019
Web link: Http://www.who.int/trialsearch/Trial2.aspx?TrialID=ChiCTR1900021396
Gill's webline: http://www.chictr.org.cn/com/25/hvshowproject.aspx?id=17613 (last accessed 8 July 2020)

ASA: American Society of Anaesthesiologists physical status classification; CS: caesarean section;IV: intravenous;RCT: randomised controlled trial; PONV: postoperative nausea and vomiting;PPH: postpartum haemorrhage;vs: versus