Management of postoperative nausea and vomiting in elderly women based on the principles of enhanced recovery after surgery / 中华全科医师杂志

ABSTRACT

Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is one of the common complications in gynecological surgery which seriously affects the postoperative recovery, and elderly women are the high-risk group of PONV. Prevention and treatment of PONV is not only a part of anesthesia management, but is also important for enhance recovery after surgery, which gynecological surgeons need to focus on. This article discusses the inducement, occurrence mechanism, risk assessment, preventive and treatment measures of PONV, in order to provide clinical reference for the standardized management of PONV in gynecological surgery.