QUEBEC CITY—There may be more to preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) in the PACU than merely informing clinicians of their adherence to consensus guidelines and individual PONV rates among their patients, according to the results of a new study.
The review found that even after such initiatives, nearly one in five patients still experienced PONV in the PACU and that the guideline recommendations for prophylaxis were not met in the majority of cases.
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