Implementing a standardised preoperative drug prophylaxis to reduce the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting in cardiac surgery patients: a prospective study.
- Conditions
- postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV)
- Registration Number
- DRKS00014275
- Lead Sponsor
- Berufsgenossenschaftliches Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 197
Inclusion Criteria
Voluntariness, performed cardiac surgery, volatile anaesthesia combined with an intraoperative drug prophylaxis.
Exclusion Criteria
TAVI (Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation), prolonged weaning, refusal, complications like second surgery
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The current study aimed to investigate whether implementing an intraoperative drug prophylaxis leads to a lower PONV (postoperative nausea and vomiting) rate expected by the Apfel score in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.<br>The survey is conducted on the first day after the operation by interviewing patient which are extubated.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method