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Effectiveness Of Apfel Simplified Risk Score In Predicting Postoperative Nausea And Vomiting In Day Surgery Unit, Leni Alejo, Cherry De Guia, Cynthia Rodriguez, Cassandra Luck-Bird
Effectiveness Of Apfel Simplified Risk Score In Predicting Postoperative Nausea And Vomiting In Day Surgery Unit, Leni Alejo, Cherry De Guia, Cynthia Rodriguez, Cassandra Luck-Bird
2021 Providence Nurse Research Conference
Background: Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) continues to be a perioperative complication despite improvement in quality and safety of anesthesia care causing an increased overall healthcare cost and sometimes serious physical complications. The American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses (ASPAN) supports that risk assessment for PONV helps with its prevention which is in line with the Society of Ambulatory Anesthesia's (SAMBA) current guidelines for PONV management. Literature supports that PONV can be predicted and prevented in patients by assessing risk factors such as gender, smoking status, history of PONV and use of postoperative opioids, among others. At present there is no …