Nausea, Postdischarge Nausea and Vomiting, Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting, Postoperative Pain
Conditions
Keywords
nausea, postoperative nausea and vomiting, postoperative pain
Brief summary
The primary purpose of this prospective cohort study is to develop a simplified risk model for post-discharge nausea and vomiting (PDNV) in adult same-day surgery patients in the US that will allow clinicians to identify those patients who would benefit from prophylactic antiemetic strategies.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
University of California, San Francisco
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* 18 years of age or older * scheduled for an elective outpatient surgical procedure * understands the nature and purpose of this survey and has signed an informed consent form * willing and able to complete daily components of the Patient Diary from the day of surgery until the end of the 48 hour assessment * undergoing general anesthesia requiring a tracheal tube or laryngeal mask airway
Exclusion criteria
* planned inpatient surgery * inability to communicate in English * regional anesthesia alone without general anesthesia, as PONV in this setting is known to be significantly lower \[18, 19\] * persistent or recurrent nausea and/or vomiting before anesthesia due to other etiologies, unless clearly related only to the anxiety due to impending surgery * minors (\< 18 years of age) * current pregnancy by self-report (potentially confounding for etiology of nausea)
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed