You should be able to:
- Define nausea, vomiting and retching
- Outline the complications of vomiting
- Draw and describe the mediators of the vomiting reflex, with a detailed understanding of inputs, receptors, brain centres and nerves involved
- Explain the process of vomiting including the pre-ejection and ejection phases
The Guidewire
Review Articles
- Pierre, BJA Ed (2013); Nausea and Vomiting After Surgery
- Denholm, Anaes Int Care (2018); Physiology and pharmacology of nausea and vomiting
- Pleuvry, Anaes Int Care (2015); Physiology and pharmacology of nausea and vomiting
- Zhong, Int J Mol Sci (2021); Mechanisms of Nausea and Vomiting: Current Knowledge and Recent Advances in Intracellular Emetic Signaling Systems SI Units, Force, Mass and Acceleration