Effect of burying beans at ear acupoints combining sticking Chinese medicine at acupoints to prevent nausea and vomiting after gynecological surgery

Abstract

Objective To observe the effect of burying beans at ear acupoints combining sticking Chinese medicine at acupoints to prevent nausea and vomiting after gynecological surgery .Methods Patients who undergone three kinds of abdominal gynecological operations from December 2011 to November 2012 were chosen as the observation group , and those from December 2010 to November 2011 were chosen as the control group.The observation group applied burying beans at ear acupoints combining sticking Chinese medicine at acupoints to prevent nausea and vomiting while the control group had no special preoperative preventive measures but give medicine after the surgery to deal with symptoms .The incidence rate of PONV and its severity in 24 hours after surgery was observed and compared between two groups .Results There were 44 cases （68.18%） of GradeⅠPONV, 4 cases （9.09%） of GradeⅡ PONV, 10 cases （22.73%） of Grade Ⅲ PONV in the observation group, and 23 cases （44.23%） of GradeⅠPONV, 7 cases （13.46%） of GradeⅡ PONV, 22 cases （42.31%） of Grade Ⅲ PONV in the control group.And the difference of incidence of PONV was statistically significant between two groups （Uc=2.3322, P〈0.05）.The severity of nausea and vomiting was better in the observation group and single medication can relieve symptoms during Grade Ⅲ PONV. Conclusions Burying beans at ear acupoints combining sticking Chinese medicine at acupoints can prevent incidence of PONV after gynecological surgery , which is easy for nurses to implement and worthy clinical promotion. Key words: Gynecological surgery; Postoperative nausea and vomiting; Acupoints sticking; Bury beans at ear acupoints