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Vomiting
Resident Survival Guide
Overview
Causes
FIRE
Diagnosis
Treatment
Do's


Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Rinky Agnes Botleroo, M.B.B.S.

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Overview

This section provides a short and straight to the point overview of the disease or symptom. The first sentence of the overview must contain the name of the disease.


Causes

Life Threatening Causes

Life-threatening causes of vomiting include[1]:

Common Causes

Common causes include: [3]

Diagnosis

Shown below is an algorithm summarizing the diagnosis of Vomiting

 
 
 
 
 
 
Patient comes with vomiting
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Take complete history
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ask the following questions about vomiting

❑How long have you had nausea and vomiting?

❑Did your nausea and vomiting occur right after eating?

❑How much have you vomitted?

❑What is the colour of the vomitus?

❑Is there any foul smell of the vomitus?

❑Is there only food particle or any other mucous/substance present with the vomitus?

❑Have you notice any blood streaks mixed with vomitus?

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ask the related questions

❑Did your nausea and vomiting occur right after eating?

❑Do you have a fever?

❑Do you take any other medication

❑Have you recently eaten out?

❑Have you eaten any canned product?

❑Have you suffered from headache or photophobia along with this vomiting?

❑Did you have any abdominal pain?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Record the vitals:

Blood pressure

Weight

Body Mass Index

❑Temperature

❑Heart rate

❑Respiratory rate
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Do general physical examination:

Look for signs of dehydration[4][5]

*Look for sunken eyes[5]

*Dry mouth/tongue, thirst[5]

*Dry skin

*Dizziness and a lack of focus[5]

*Orthostatic blood pressure drop,tachycardia[5]

*Light-headedness

*Dark urine or decreased urine output

*Increased capillary refill time[4]

*Poor skin turgor

*Tiredness

*Appetite
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Treatment

Shown below is an algorithm summarizing the treatment of [[disease name]] according the the [...] guidelines.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Do's

  • Encourage patient to keep taking small sips of water frequently so that they don't become dehydrated.[6]
  • Recommend patients to take sweet drink such as fruit juice for replacing lost sugar, although they should avoid sweet drinks if those make them feel sick.
  • Recommend to have salty snacks, such as crisps, can help replace lost salt.

Don'ts

  • Patient who is vomiting continously and also has pasrt medical history of Diabetes corrected with Insulin should consult with their physicians before taking insulin as vomiting alters blood sugar levels.

References

  1. Hayes B, Murtagh C, Mann GB (August 2008). "A case of life-threatening nausea and vomiting". J Pain Symptom Manage. 36 (2): 206–10. doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2007.10.022. PMID 18495417.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frese T, Klauss S, Herrmann K, Sandholzer H (February 2011). "Nausea and vomiting as the reasons for encounter in general practice". J Clin Med Res. 3 (1): 23–9. doi:10.4021/jocmr410w. PMC 3194022. PMID 22043268.
  3. Scorza K, Williams A, Phillips JD, Shaw J (July 2007). "Evaluation of nausea and vomiting". Am Fam Physician. 76 (1): 76–84. PMID 17668843.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Adult Dehydration - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf".
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Shaheen NA, Alqahtani AA, Assiri H, Alkhodair R, Hussein MA (December 2018). "Public knowledge of dehydration and fluid intake practices: variation by participants' characteristics". BMC Public Health. 18 (1): 1346. doi:10.1186/s12889-018-6252-5. PMC 6282244. PMID 30518346.
  6. "Vomiting in adults | NHS inform".


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