Antiemetics Flashcards
General Approach to Emesis
- Find etiology: consider acute v. chronic (>1 month)
- Consider consequences/complications: Dehydration, hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis
- Target therapy to etiology: Diet, surgery for obstruction/malignancy, symptomatic treatment
causes of Abdominal pain
organic cause: Infectious, tumor, obstruction, etc.
causes of Distension/tenderness
obstruction
causes of Emesis few hours after food
obstruction/gastroparesis
-Obstructions in high region of small bowel
causes of GERD
GERD
causes of AM vominting
pregnancy
causes of Feculent vomitus
obstruction or gastrocolic fistula
causes of Vertigo/nystagmus
vestibular
causes of Neurologic symptoms, projectile, positional
neurologic origin
causes of parotid enlargement, dental erosion, dorsal hand calluses
bulimia
Acute infectious gastroenteritis can be caused by what?
Bacterial, viral, and parasitic causes depending on exposure
- Especially common with rotaviruses, enteric adenovirus, and norovirus
are lab tests usually necessary for Acute infectious gastroenteritis
no
about one-third of surgical patients have this after receiving general anesthesia
Postoperative nausea and/or vomiting
what is Vestibular neuritis?
acute labyrinthine disorder characterized by rapid onset of severe vertigo with nausea, vomiting and gait instability
Acute Disorders Associated with N/V
- Acute infectious gastroenteritis
- postoperative nausea and/or vomiting
- Vestibular neuritis
- Patients receiving chemotherapy
- drugs
Chronic Disorders Associated with N/V
- Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy
- Functional nausea and vomiting
- Gastroparesis
- Gastroesophageal reflux
- Gastric outlet obstruction
- Eosinophilic gastroenteritis
- Cyclic vomiting syndrome
- Chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction
- Rumination syndrome
risk factors for emesis with pregnancy
increased placental mass, family history of hyperemesis gravidarum or a personal history of the disorder in a previous pregnancy, female fetus, and a history of motion sickness or migraine headaches
what is hyperemesis gravidarum
extreme end of emesis associated with pregnancy. Patients are debilitated with this.
is emesis after 9 weeks of pregnancy normal?
no
onset after the initial nine weeks should direct especially careful evaluation for another cause
what is Cyclic vomiting syndrome?
Characterized by repeated episodes of nausea and vomiting that last for hours to days and are separated by symptom-free periods of variable length
what is a A behavioral disorder that is most commonly identified among mentally-disadvantaged children, although it is increasingly recognized among adolescents and adults of normal mental capacity
Rumination syndrome
Classes of antiemetics
- M1 - muscarinic
- D2 - dopamine
- H1 - histamine
- 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)-3 - serotonin
- Neurokinin 1 (NK1) receptor
- glucocorticoids
- cannabinoids
- E-mycin