Editor’s key points † Postoperative nausea and vomiting along with pain are among the major perioperative concerns of most surgical patients and their anaesthetists. † Multimodal approaches to both PONV and pain have been shown to improve treatment efficacy and reduce side-effects for high-risk patients undergoing surgical procedures. † These approaches integrate both pharmacological and non-ph...

BACKGROUND Nausea and vomiting are common chief postoperative complaints. The clinical literature indicates that postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is common after orthopedic surgery. This study examines the clinical therapeutic efficacy of Ondansetron injected intravenously before the end of shoulder arthroscopy as antiemetic prophylaxis to help reduce the incidence of PONV. METHODS Pa...

It was previously reported that the Korean predictive model could be used to identify patients at high risk of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). This study investigated whether PONV in the high-risk and very high-risk patients identified by the Korean predictive model could be prevented by multiple prophylactic antiemetics. A total of 2,456 patients were selected from our previous PONV ...

BACKGROUND Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is commonly reported after surgery and anaesthesia. We compared the effects of combinations of electrical acupoint stimulation or tropisetron with dexamethasone with the effects of dexamethasone alone, for inhibition of PONV in gynaecological patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery. METHODS We randomized 157 patients undergoing elective gyn...

Background and Objectives: Postoperative nausea vomiting (PONV) is a common adverse effect of general anesthesia, especially in middle ear surgery. Remimazolam newer benzodiazepine recently approved for use anesthesia. This study aimed to compare the incidence rate PONV after tympanoplasty with mastoidectomy between using remimazolam sevoflurane. Materials Methods: included 80 patients undergoi...

BACKGROUND Non-pharmacologic techniques such as electrical acustimulation may mitigate post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV). The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of acustimulation on attenuating PONV. Moreover, we tested whether a pre- or a post-induction application of acustimulation results in differences in PONV reduction. METHODS In this prospective,...

INTRODUCTION Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is one of the most common complaints from patients and clinicians after a surgical procedure. According to the current Society of Ambulatory Anesthesia Consensus Guidelines, the general incidence of vomiting and nausea is around 30 and 50%, respectively; and up to 80% in high-risk patients. In previous studies, the reported incidence of PONV...

BACKGROUND Despite the presence of a plethora of publications on the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) only little is known how to treat established symptoms. Besides the high effort of performing these efficacy trials (much more patients must give their consent than are actually included in a study) and ethical concerns, little is known about the rate of re-occurring PONV/...