Preoperative Anxiety and Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in Children: Is There an Association?
Wang S, Kain Z. Preoperative Anxiety and Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in Children: Is There an Association? Anesthesia & Analgesia 2000, 90: 571-575. PMID: 10702439, DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200003000-00014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostanesthesia care unitPostoperative nauseaPreoperative holding areaPreoperative anxietyOpioid consumptionPredictive valueMultivariate logistic regression modelAbsence of PONVOccurrence of PONVPerioperative opioid consumptionIncidence of nauseaOccurrence of nauseaAbsence of vomitingInduction of anesthesiaCross-sectional studyLogistic regression modelsChild anxietyHolding areaCare unitGeneral anesthesiaOutpatient surgeryPotential confoundersUnivariate analysisNauseaVomiting