Can a mathematical model predict postoperative nausea and vomiting in outpatients having surgery?
A mathematical model can help predict PONV risk in surgical outpatients to guide targeted antiemetic therapy.
A validated mathematical model is provided to calculate the risk of PONV in outpatients having surgery. Knowing the factors that predict PONV will help anesthesiologists determine which patients will need antiemetic therapy.
Sinclair et al. (1999) studied this question.