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Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting: A Review of their Incidence, Causes and Effects
Author(s) -
Mckie B. D.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1970.tb05617.x
Subject(s) - medicine , vomiting , nausea , incidence (geometry) , postoperative nausea and vomiting , anesthesia , intensive care medicine , surgery , physics , optics
This paper reviews reports on the incidence and importance of postoperative nausea and vomiting, and concludes that the main predisposing factors are the agent and technique used, premedicant drugs, the operation site, the age and sex of the patient and the duratioia of the operation.