Pounds of Prevention but Only Ounces of Cure: The Need for More Research on the Treatment of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia (J.N.D., K.L.) Royal Melbourne Hospital Clinical School (J.N.D.) Centre for Integrated Critical Care Medicine (J.N.D., K.L.) Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics (K.L.), Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia (K.L.).

Editorial

Jai N Darvall et al. Anesthesiology. 2019 Feb.

. 2019 Feb;130(2):183-185.

doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000002536.

¹ From the Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia (J.N.D., K.L.) Royal Melbourne Hospital Clinical School (J.N.D.) Centre for Integrated Critical Care Medicine (J.N.D., K.L.) Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics (K.L.), Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia (K.L.).

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Amisulpride for the Rescue Treatment of Postoperative Nausea or Vomiting in Patients Failing Prophylaxis: A Randomized, Placebo-controlled Phase III Trial.
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