Open AccessChronic Atypical Antipsychotic Use Is Associated With Reduced Need for Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting Rescue in the Postanesthesia Care Unit: A Propensity-Matched Retrospective Observational Study
Author(s) -
Craig S. Jabaley,
Dennis Gray,
Gaurav Budhrani,
Grant C. Lynde,
Panagiotis Adamopoulos,
George S. Easton,
Vikas N O’Reilly-Shah
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0000000000003990
Subject(s) - medicine , nausea , observational study , vomiting , postoperative nausea and vomiting , retrospective cohort study , anesthesia , propensity score matching , antipsychotic , intensive care medicine , surgery , psychiatry , schizophrenia (object oriented programming)
Atypical antipsychotics are efficacious for chemoprophylaxis against chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, but perioperative investigations have been scant. We sought to examine the association between chronic atypical antipsychotic therapy and the likelihood of postoperative nausea and vomiting.