Gang Li, Dan-Dan Tian, Xu Wang, Xiaoxian Feng, Wenyu Zhang, Ju Bao, Dong-Xin Wang, Yan-Qiu Ai, Ya Liu, Mengyuan Zhang, Mingjun Xu, Dong-Liang Mu, Xu Zhao, Feng Dai, Jian-Jun Yang, Xiangming Che, David Yanez, Xiangyang Guo, Lingzhong Meng
BACKGROUND: Suboptimal tissue perfusion and oxygenation during surgery may be responsible for postoperative nausea and vomiting in some patients. This trial tested the hypothesis that muscular tissue oxygen saturation-guided intraoperative care reduces postoperative nausea and vomiting. METHODS: This multicenter, pragmatic, patient- and assessor-blinded randomized controlled (1:1 ratio) trial was conducted from September 2018 to June 2019 at six teaching hospitals in four different cities in China...
August 1, 2020: Anesthesiology