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o matter how well you
care for your patients;
no matter how compe-
tent, caring and congen-
ial you and your staff
are; no matter how well the surgery turns out; if patients feel nauseated after-
ward — and especially if they find themselves vomiting — the bad taste left in
their mouths is likely to linger for a long time. Ask patients what negatives they
most vividly recall from their surgeries and they'll put nausea at or near the top
of the list, often even higher than pain. Feeling squeamish after surgery is that
potent of an experience, but it can be avoided.
P O N V
PONV PREVENTION
Do everything you can to
have every patient feeling
fine after surgery.
Steven Gayer, MD | Miami, Fla.
BITTER MEMORY Patients who
experience PONV often recall it as
having been worse than the pain.
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