Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting: to Estimate the Incidence and Risk Factors in a Tertiary Teaching Hospital

University of Jordan

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02689128

269/14a/tk

Details and patient eligibility

About

Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is a frequent complication of surgery and anesthesia.

The aim of this study is to estimate the incidence and the risk factors of PONV at Jordan University Hospital over one year period.

Full description

Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is a frequent complication of surgery and anesthesia, in the literature it reaches up to 70% of the surgical patients and it occurs after local and general anesthesia with surgery.

Locally in Jordan there was no proper clinical study to estimate PONV among surgical patients, the aim of this study is to estimate the incidence and the risk factors of PONV at Jordan University Hospital over one year period.

Enrollment: 6,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients who undergoes anesthesia and surgery.
• Patients who suffer from postoperative nausea and vomiting for 24 hours.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who suffer from postoperative nausea and vomiting after 24 hours.
• Patients who undergoes Day-case surgery.