Background Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is a common adverse effect of
anaesthesia and surgery. Up to 80% of patients may be affected. These outcomes are a …

BACKGROUND: Dexamethasone has an established role in decreasing postoperative
nausea and vomiting (PONV); however, the optimal dexamethasone dose for reducing …

IMPLICATIONS: The use of continuous peripheral nerve block has been suggested in many
small trials to potentially offer improved analgesia and decreased side effects compared with …

Background Drugs can prevent postoperative nausea and vomiting, but their relative
efficacies and side effects have not been compared within one systematic review. Objectives …

Background Ambulatory surgery is growing in popularity worldwide. For example, 50-70% of
surgical procedures in North America are performed on an ambulatory basis. Use of …

Over the past several decades, as the risk of major mortality due to surgery has decreased,
attention has shifted to addressing factors that negatively influence patient morbidity and …

Background The clinical utility of opioids is limited by adverse drug effects including
respiratory depression, sedation, nausea, and pruritus. In addition, abuse of prescription …

Routine regional anesthesia use, multimodal postoperative nausea and vomiting
prophylaxis, multimodal sedation-hypnosis, and multimodal analgesia, along with avoiding …

BACKGROUND: Haloperidol, a major tranquilizer, has been found to have a potent
antiemetic effect on postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV), but the prophylactic effect …

Summary Abstract Droperidol (Dehydrobenzperidol®, Dehidrobenzoperidol®, Dridol®,
Droleptan®, Inapsine®) is a dopamine D 2 receptor antagonist that has been widely used in …