- Also see Anti-Emetics
- Always assess and manage patients for complications of nausea and vomiting (e.g. dehydration, electrolyte or acid-base disturbance)
- Most of the time the likely precipitant is obvious (e.g. PONV, acute gastroenteritis, food poisoning); in women of childbearing age, consider pregnancy
- Consider additional causes such as raised intracranial pressure, Addisonian crisis, Diabetic ketoacidosis or an acute abdomen
Sources
- eTG: Assessment and causes of nausea and vomiting
- AMH: Nausea and vomiting