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Saturday
02/04/2012
This week:
Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV)


This week we\'ll be discussing one of the more frequent complications associated with anesthesia and surgery, postoperative nausea and vomiting. Today, we\'ll focus on treatment of PONV.

  1. Is the prophylactic use of antiemetics justified?
  2. Does effective single agent therapy exist?
  3. Can steroids reduce the incidence of PONV?
  4. What are some nonpharmacologic therapies to prevent PONV?

 

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Category:
Clinical management
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