In addition to being unpleasant for patients, post-operative nausea and vomiting can actually pose serious health threats. In this video, I describe these risks and what anesthesiologists can do to mitigate them, including a drug that was recently approved by the US Food & Drug Administration.

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0:00 Start
0:45 Problems posed by PONV
3:28 Risk factors for PONV
4:23 Prevention
5:50 A newly approved drug

Music:
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