Implementation of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting Guidelines for Female Adult Patients Undergoing Anesthesia During Gynecologic and Breast Surgery in an Ambulatory Setting

Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is one of the most common complications after anesthesia. This evidence-based quality improvement (QI) project describes the implementation of a PONV guideline and the impact on providers' compliance with PONV risk assessment using the Apfel PONV score.

Source: Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing - February 1, 2019 Category: Nursing Authors: Samira Tabrizi, Vinod Malhotra, Zachary A. Turnbull, Victoria Goode Tags: Original Article Source Type: research