Postoperative nausea and vomiting Surgery
Conditions
Interventions
A multifaceted quality improvement intervention is carried out. The intervention in this project consists of organising clinical lessons for healthcare providers, placing reminders (posters), adding b
Sponsors
University Medical Center Groningen
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Adult patients scheduled for elective surgery
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Pediatric cases 2. Cardiothoracic surgery 3. Patients who will be admitted to ICU postoperatively
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Percentage of patients with completely filled in preoperative PONV risk scores (Apfel PONV Simplified Risk Scoring System). The weekly change of the percentage of filled in PONV risk scores will be displayed as a run chart and slopes will be compared between the pre- and post-intervention period. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The weekly change will be displayed as a run chart and slopes will be compared between the pre- and post-intervention period: 1. Percentage of patients with complete adherence to pharmaceutical prophylaxis according to individual risk score 2. Percentage of patients receiving therapeutic anti-emetics on POD 0 and POD 1 3. Percentage of patients reporting clinically important PONV, measured by the PONV Intensity Scale | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed