Intervention Protocol

Aromatherapy for treatment of postoperative nausea and vomiting

  1. Sonia Hines1,*,
  2. Elizabeth Steels2,
  3. Anne Chang3,
  4. Kristen Gibbons4

Editorial Group: Cochrane Anaesthesia Group

Published Online: 14 APR 2010

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007598

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Hines S, Steels E, Chang A, Gibbons K. Aromatherapy for treatment of postoperative nausea and vomiting (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD007598. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007598.

Author Information

  1. 1

    Mater Health Services, Mater Nursing Research Centre, Queensland Centre for Evidence-Based Nursing & Midwifery, A Collaborating Centre of the Joanna Briggs Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

  2. 2

    Australian College of Natural Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

  3. 3

    Queensland Centre for Evidence-Based Nursing & Midwifery, A Collaborating Centre of the Joanna Briggs Institute, Mater Nursing Research Centre, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

  4. 4

    Mater Health Services, Mater Research Support Centre, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia

*Sonia Hines, Mater Nursing Research Centre, Queensland Centre for Evidence-Based Nursing & Midwifery, A Collaborating Centre of the Joanna Briggs Institute, Mater Health Services, Level One, Quarters Building, Annerley Rd, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland, 4102, Australia. Sonia.Hines2@mater.org.au. soniahines@optusnet.com.au.

Publication History

  1. Publication Status: Edited (no change to conclusions)
  2. Published Online: 14 APR 2010

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This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows:

  • To establish what effect the use of aromatherapy has on the severity of established postoperative nausea and vomiting
  • To establish what effect the use of aromatherapy has on the duration of established postoperative nausea and vomiting
  • To establish whether aromatherapy can be used with safety, and clinical and cost effectiveness comparable to standard pharmacological treatments, to treat established postoperative nausea and vomiting

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