PREVENTING POSTOPERATIVE MISERY.

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  • Source:
    AJN American Journal of Nursing. Nov2004, Vol. 104 Issue 11, p72B-72B. 2/3p.
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    • Subject Terms:
      POSTOPERATIVE nausea & vomiting; PATIENTS; SURGICAL complications; PNEUMOTHORAX; CLINICAL trials; PAIN
    • Abstract:
      This article presents information on postoperative misery. Patients often report that nausea and vomiting are worse than pain during the first 24 hours after surgery, and postoperative vomiting heightens the risk of several severe complications, including esophageal rupture and bilateral pneumothorax. The problem has been studied extensively, but more than 1000 randomized, controlled trials investigating the prevention and treatment of postoperative nausea and vomiting could not produce a consensus.