Journal article
Risk Assessment of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in the Intravenous Patient-Controlled Analgesia Environment: Predictive Values of the Apfel's Simplified Risk Score for Identification of High-Risk Patients
Yonsei medical journal, Vol.54(5), pp.1273-1281
09/01/2013
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2013.54.5.1273
PMCID: PMC3743191
PMID: 23918581
Abstract
Purpose: Opioid-based intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IV PCA) is popular method of postoperative pain control, but many patients suffer from IV PCA-related postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). In this retrospective observational study, we have determined independent predictors of IV PCA-related PONY and predictive values of the Apfel's simplified risk score in pursuance of identifying high-risk patients. Materials and Methods: We analyzed 7000 patients who received IV PCA with background infusion after elective surgery. Patients who maintained IV PCA for a postoperative period of 48 hr (completion group, n=6128) were compared with those who have discontinued IV PCA within 48 hr of surgery due to intractable PONY (cessation group, n=872). Patients, anesthetics, and surgical factors known for predicting PONY were evaluated by logistic regression analysis to identify independent predictors of IV PCA related intractable PONY. Results: In a stepwise multivariate analysis, weight, background infusion dose of fentanyl, addition of ketolorac to PCA, duration of anesthesia, general anesthesia, head and neck surgery, and Apfel's simplified risk score were revealed as independent risk factors for intractable PONY followed by the cessation of IV PCA. In addition, Apfel's simplified risk score, which demonstrated the highest odds ratio among the predictors, was strongly correlated with the cessation rate of IV PCA. Conclusion: Multimodal prophylactic antiemetic strategies and dose reduction of opioids may be considered as strategies for the prevention of PONY with the use of IV PCA, especially in patients with high Apfel's simplified risk scores.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Risk Assessment of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in the Intravenous Patient-Controlled Analgesia Environment: Predictive Values of the Apfel's Simplified Risk Score for Identification of High-Risk Patients
- Creators
- Shin Hyung Kim - Yonsei UniversityYang-Sik Shin - Yonsei UniversityYoung Jun Oh - Yonsei UniversityJeong Rim Lee - Yonsei UniversitySung Chan Chung - Yonsei UniversityYong Seon Choi - Yonsei University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Yonsei medical journal, Vol.54(5), pp.1273-1281
- DOI
- 10.3349/ymj.2013.54.5.1273
- PMID
- 23918581
- PMCID
- PMC3743191
- NLM abbreviation
- Yonsei Med J
- ISSN
- 0513-5796
- eISSN
- 1976-2437
- Publisher
- YONSEI UNIV COLLEGE MEDICINE
- Number of pages
- 9
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/2013
- Academic Unit
- Anesthesia
- Record Identifier
- 9984806604102771
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