Der Anaesthesist
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
[Evaluation of the administration time of ondansetron, a preventive for postoperative nausea and vomiting: prospective, randomized, double-blind study in 120 patients].
To investigate the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) depending on the administration time of ondansetron. ⋯ The incidence of PONV was significantly lower in the groups with administration of 4 mg ondansetron. Ondansetron is therefore safe and affective in preventing PONV in surgical patients. The administration time does not influence the occurrence of PONV.
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The introduction of electronic anaesthesia documentation systems was attempted as early as in 1979, although their efficient application has become reality only in the past few years. The advantages of the electronic protocol are apparent: Continuous high quality documentation, comparability of data due to the availability of a data bank, reduction in the workload of the anaesthetist and availability of additional data. Disadvantages of the electronic protocol have also been discussed in the literature. ⋯ There is still a lack of standards for the subsequent exchange of data and a solution to a number of ergonomic problems still remains to be found. Nevertheless, electronic anaesthesia protocols will be required in the near future. The advantages of accurate documentation and quality control in the presence of careful planning outweight cost considerations by far.