Today we discuss the most up to date recommendations and evidence for the prevention and management of post operative nausea and vomiting.

We start by taking a close look at the joint American Society of Enhanced Recovery and the American Society for Ambulatory Anaesthesia Fourth Consensus Guidelines For The Management of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting. We then talk about the results of the latest Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews meta-analysis looking at drugs for preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting in adults after general anaesthesia.

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Resources for today's episode:

Management of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting: The 4th Consensus Guidelines (infographic):
https://journals.lww.com/anesthesia-analgesia/Fulltext/2020/08000/Management_of_Postoperative_Nausea_and_Vomiting_.15.aspx 

Fourth Consensus Guidelines for the Management of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting:
https://journals.lww.com/anesthesia-analgesia/Abstract/2020/08000/Fourth_Consensus_Guidelines_for_the_Management_of.16.aspx 

Drugs for preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting in adults after general anaesthesia: a network meta-analysis by S. Weibel et al:
https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD012859.pub2  

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