Perioperative medicine & outcomes
Association of amisulpride and recovery room length of stay among patients with postoperative nausea and vomiting following outpatient surgery
Main finding · PACU LOS (adjusted)Result — go to the resultReduction 26.1 minAuthors' conclusion
This study demonstrated that amisulpride was associated with a significant decrease in PACU length of stay among patients with PONV in a single outpatient surgery center.
Study context
- Population
- Patients with postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) after GA at a single ambulatory surgery center, 2018–2023
- Participants
- 816 patients
- Exposure
- Amisulpride vs no amisulpride in PACU anti-emetic regimen
- Outcome
- PACU LOS
Methodological detailssingle-centre, mixed-effects multivariable segmented regression
- Single-centre
- Mixed-effects multivariable segmented regression
Main finding
PACU LOS (adjusted)
Reduction
26.1 min
P < 0.001
As reported in the abstract
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
PACU LOS (unmatched univariate analysis) · no significant difference
P = 0.07
Original publication
Association of amisulpride and recovery room length of stay among patients with postoperative nausea and vomiting following outpatient surgery. J Clin Anesth. Published 14 June 2024. doi:10.
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