SGEM#196: Gastroparesis – I Feel Like Throwing Up

Trials extracted from the podcast by Dr. Ken Milne

• 2017Randomized Controlled Double-blind Trial of Haloperidol Plus Conventional Therapy in Symptomatic GastroparesisEmergency & ResuscitationIn 33 emergency department patients with symptomatic gastroparesis, adjunctive haloperidol reduced pain and nausea at one hour compared with placebo.
• 2017HUGSEmergency & ResuscitationIn52 emergency patients with diabetic gastroparesis,haloperidolreducedopioid use and hospital admissionscompared withtheir own earlier untreated visits.