Pharmacological interventions for preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting in adult patients undergoing ambulatory surgery: Protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We aimed to conduct a systematic review and network meta-analysis (NMA) of published studies to comprehensively compare and rank the efficacy and safety of pharmacological interventions for preventing nausea and vomiting after ambulatory surgery.

Methods

A systematic and comprehensive search will be performed using the MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and Google Scholar databases, beginning from their inceptions to July and August 2019. Only randomized clinical trials on the efficacy and safety of pharmacologic interventions for preventing nausea and vomiting after ambulatory surgery will be included.The primary endpoints will be the incidences of postoperative nausea (PON), postoperative vomiting (POV), and postoperative nausea

SUBMITTER: Choi GJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6708945 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature