Anaes SAQs · Day-case & ambulatory anaesthesia
The risk stratification and the prophylaxis of the PONV
Primary — the Apfel simplified score (the female, the non-smoker, the PONV/motion-sickness history, the postoperative opioid); the risk-stratified multicomponent prophylaxis (the dexamethasone, the 5-HT3 antagonist, the butyrophenone, the NK1 antagonist); the TIVA; and the rescue antiemetic of a different class.
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Describe the risk stratification and the prophylaxis of the postoperative nausea and vomiting in the day-case patient.
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Describe the risk stratification and the prophylaxis of the postoperative nausea and vomiting in the day-case patient.
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- [2]Abuahmed M, et al. Day-case laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Langenbecks Arch Surg, 2024.PMID 39340655
- [42069400]Bersten AD, Soni N (eds) Oh's Intensive Care Manual. 8th edition, Elsevier, 2018.