Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 10, Issue 12 , Pages 583-585, December 2009

Post-operative nausea and vomiting

Ben Gibbison FRCA is a Specialist Registrar in the Bristol School of Anaesthesia, UK. His interests include obstetric anaesthesia and difficult airways. Conflicts of Interest: none declared

Ruth Spencer FRCA is a Consultant Anaesthetist at North Bristol NHS Trust, UK. Her main interests are anaesthesia for trauma, head and neck surgery, and management of the difficult airway. Conflicts of interest: none declared

Abstract 

Post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is a common clinical problem with widespread effects on morbidity, patient satisfaction and cost. Although a myriad of risk factors have been postulated as having the potential to increase its incidence, a risk scoring system using four factors – female sex, non-smoking status, past history of PONV and use of post-operative opioids – identifies most at-risk individuals. Prevention and treatment is multi-factorial and aimed at risk-reduction, pharmacological and non-pharmacological techniques.

Keywords: anti-emetics, nausea, post-operative, vomiting

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PII: S1472-0299(09)00226-4

doi:10.1016/j.mpaic.2009.09.006

Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 10, Issue 12 , Pages 583-585, December 2009

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