Effect of Goreisan, a traditional Japanese Kampo medicine, on postoperative nausea and vomiting in gynecological patients

JA Clinical Reports

Table 3 Fluid disturbance scores

	Score^a	Control (n = 43)	Goreisan (n = 40)	p value
Heaviness of the body	3	10	12	0.49
Throbbing headache	4	8	7	0.90
Heaviness of the head	3	14	8	0.20
Motion sickness	5	21	18	0.73
Dizziness	5	8	10	0.48
Lightheadedness upon standing	5	10	16	0.1
Watery nasal discharge	3	13	8	0.28
Excessive salivary	3	3	4	0.62
Foamy sputum	4	2	2	0.94
Nausea or vomiting	3	4	1	0.20
Hyperdynamic bowel sounds	3	12	13	0.65
Morning stiffness	7	2	4	0.35
Splashing sound in epigastric region or edematous	15	1	3	0.27
Pleural effusion, cardiac effusion, or ascites	15	0	0	NA
Brisk pulsation in the supra-umbilical region	5	14	15	0.64
Watery diarrhea	5	1	2	0.51
Oliguria	7	0	2	0.14
Polyuria	5	8	14	0.09
Fluid disturbance score		6.5 [4–9.25]	7 [5–11.125]	0.24

Data are expressed as frequencies in each fluid disturbance component, and fluid disturbance score are reported as median with quartile range
^aThe Kampo medicine diagnostic criteria for “fluid disturbance” were evaluated using a simple questionnaire filled by self-assessment. The sum total of each component score is calculated as the fluid disturbance score. If the fluid disturbance score is ≥ 13, the patient is regarded as being in a state of “fluid disturbance.” (If the extent of each symptom is slight, half of the total score was given)