TY - JOUR T1 - Postoperative nausea and vomiting JF - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine JO - Cleve Clin J Med SP - 549 LP - 552 VL - 55 IS - 6 AU - Eric Bloomfield AU - Mark Hilberman AU - Phillip Brown AU - Hilda Noe AU - John Gaydos AU - Gail Miller AU - Duane Sherrill AU - George Williams Y1 - 1988/11/01 UR - http://www.ccjm.org/content/55/6/549.abstract N2 - Postoperative nausea and vomiting have been associated with the use of nitrous oxide and, in some studies, with isoflurane. Sufentanil, a new synthetic narcotic with a duration as long as fentanyl, was studied with regard to postoperative nausea and vomiting. A total of 63 patients undergoing extra-abdominal procedures (excluding thoracotomies and intracranial, ophthalmologic, and middle-ear surgery) was studied and randomly divided into four groups: Group A, sufentanil/N2O/O2 with 0.25% isoflurane; Group B, O2/N2O/isoflurane; Group C, O2/isoflurane/sufentanil; Group D, O2/isoflurane. Patients with a history of postoperative nausea and vomiting were excluded. The incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting was observed in the recovery room. The overall incidence of nausea was 25% and of vomiting 9.5%; differences between techniques were not statistically significant. ER -