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Postoperative nausea and vomiting in paediatric surgical inpatients
Author(s) -
BYERS G.F.,
DOYLE E.,
BEST C.J.,
MORTON N.S.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
pediatric anesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.704
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1460-9592
pISSN - 1155-5645
DOI - 10.1111/j.1460-9592.1995.tb00294.x
Subject(s) - medicine , nausea , vomiting , postoperative nausea and vomiting , general surgery , anesthesia , intensive care medicine
SUMMARY A prospective study of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) was conducted in 415 children presenting for inpatient surgery. The overall incidence of PONV was 18.1%. The highest incidence was in children undergoing ENT procedures and increased with age. Avoidance of intraoperative opioids and the use of local anaesthesia and/or non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs reduced the incidence of nausea and vomiting postoperatively.