Antiemetics Commonly Prescribed in Children Undergoing Dental Treatment Under General Anaesthesia- A Retrospective Cohort Study

Abstract

Background: Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) are the most widely recognized unfavorable impact of pediatric anaesthesia and medical procedure Numerous antiemetic drugs are utilized for preventive treatment. They have different biochemical collaborations and inconveniences, yet there is still a weakness about which drugs are best with the least side effects. Aim: The aim of the current study is to find the antiemetics commonly prescribed in children undergoing dental procedures in general anaesthesia. Materials and Methods: The retrospective study was led in a private dental school, Chennai, India. Moral endorsement was obtained from the Institutional audit board before the beginning of the review. Information was gathered from DIAS (Dental Information Archiving Software) and the board framework records of the children under 18 years old who were treated under broad anaesthesia between September 2020 and February 2021 which was placed in the systemic way. A comfort test of 100 children going through dental treatment under general anaesthesia who were endorsed with antiemetics were remembered for the review. Information gathered with following boundaries like age, gender, antiemetics given. The classification of information was done in excel sheets and imported to SPSS. Results: Among 100 children treated under general anaesthesia, 56 were males and 44 were females. As a total count male were higher with a percentage of 56% when compared to females with 44%. 65% of ondansetron and 35% of metoclopramide antiemetic drugs were commonly prescribed in children undergoing dental treatment in general anaesthesia. Conclusion: There is high-certainty evidence that ondansetron drugs decrease vomiting, and moderate - assurance evidence that metoclopramide drugs probably reduce vomiting.