Revista española de anestesiología y reanimación
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Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim · May 2013
Observational StudyPostoperative nausea and vomiting: incidence, characteristics and risk factors--a prospective cohort study.
Postoperative nausea and vomiting are a common complication after surgery. The objective of the study was to identify risk factors, and to determine the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting in a cohort of patients in a tertiary university hospital. ⋯ Most of the patients do not have clinically significant postoperative nausea and vomiting. The patients who presented with postoperative nausea and vomiting intensity scale>50 had higher scores in the nausea visual analog scale. Independent risk factors for postoperative nausea and vomiting were previous history of postoperative nausea and vomiting and being female.