Appraising and highlighting gaps among prophylactic intervention studies for reducing the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting in children: a systematic review

Conclusion Monotherapy pharmacological prophylaxis is more effective than placebo in reducing the incidence of paediatric PONV, with the efficacy increased further by using combination pharmacotherapy. Further research must compare multiple treatment arms of pharmacological and non-pharmacological prophylaxes for PONV to identify the optimal multimodal prophylaxis regimen. PROSPERO registration number CRD42021236698.

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Source: BMJ Open - February 22, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Pankiv, E., Nghiem, J., Albornoz, A. E., Rana, M., Petre, M.-A., Englesakis, M., Hayes, J., Mc Donnell, C., Aoyama, K. Tags: Open access, Anaesthesia Source Type: research