2020
Preventing Nausea and Vomiting After Bariatric Surgery: Is the Apfel Risk Prediction Score Enough to Guide Prophylaxis?
Ziemann-Gimmel P, Schumann R, English W, Morton J, Wadhwa A. Preventing Nausea and Vomiting After Bariatric Surgery: Is the Apfel Risk Prediction Score Enough to Guide Prophylaxis? Obesity Surgery 2020, 30: 4138-4140. PMID: 32415631, DOI: 10.1007/s11695-020-04682-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBariatric surgeryGeneral surgical populationMultiple antiemetic drugsFrequent side effectsHigh-risk patientsRisk prediction scoreDifferent pharmacologic classesVariety of receptorsApfel scorePONV riskPostoperative nauseaSurgical populationBariatric proceduresPharmacologic classesAntiemetic drugsSide effectsTIVA techniquePatientsPrediction scoreNauseaVomitingSurgeryScoresPONVProphylaxis
2006
Intra-operative Fluid Volume Influences Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting after Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Surgery
Schuster R, Alami RS, Curet MJ, Paulraj N, Morton JM, Brodsky JB, Brock-Utne JG, Lemmens HJ. Intra-operative Fluid Volume Influences Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting after Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Surgery. Obesity Surgery 2006, 16: 848-851. PMID: 16839481, DOI: 10.1381/096089206777822197.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostanesthesia care unitBody mass indexMorbid obesityPostoperative nauseaPerioperative dataLaparoscopic gastric bypass surgeryIntra-operative fluidsIncidence of PONVGastric bypass surgeryLength of surgeryRate of administrationLaparoscopic RYGBGastric bypassLaparoscopic RouxBypass surgeryCommon complicationUrine outputCare unitMass indexSimilar patientsIntravenous fluidsFluid replacementPONVRetrospective analysisPatients