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Archive >  Surgical Drugs 2005

How to Treat and Prevent PONV

Everything you need to know about 5-HT3s, generics and adjuvants to keep patients from suffering post-op.

Phillip E. Scuderi, MD

Post-operative nausea and vomiting encompasses both such physical signs as retching and vomiting, and the unpleasant subjective feeling of nausea. A given episode of PONV can manifest any or all of these signs and symptoms and can last from minutes to hours or even days.

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