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

University of Jordan6,000 enrolled

Overview

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.

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.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

6,000

Conditions

Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting

Eligibility

Sex: ALL

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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.

Locations (1)

University of Jordan

Amman, Jordan

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Postoperative nausea and vomiting

Time frame: 24 hours

Central Contacts

Subhi M Alghanem, FFARCS

CONTACT

00962795640592 alghanem@ju.edu.jo

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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