Vallire D. Hooper

TL;DR: The present guidelines are the most recent data on postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) and an update on the 2 previous sets of guidelines published in 2003 and 2007.

TL;DR: These guidelines identify risk factors for PonV in adults and children; recommend approaches for reducing baseline risks for PONV; identify the most effective antiemetic monotherapy and combination therapy regimens for P ONV prophylaxis; recommend approach for treatment of PONv when it occurs; and provide an algorithm for the management of individuals at increased risk for POnV.

TL;DR: A simplified risk score was developed and validated to identify patients who would benefit from long-acting prophylactic antiemetics at discharge from the ambulatory care center and affects a substantial number of patients after ambulatory surgery.

TL;DR: Various uses of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Task Load Index (NASA-TLX) are surveyed and the potential uses for this tool in perianesthesia nursing are considered.

TL;DR: High-quality evidence supporting the accuracy of tympanic thermometry, the preferred instrument for noninvasive core temperature measurement in many acute care settings, is lacking, and in fact, the most recent high-quality studies evaluating the accuracies of this instrument fail to show support for its use.