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Table 2 Cumulative incidence of retching/vomiting, nausea and PONV

From: Children's vomiting following posterior fossa surgery: A retrospective study

 

Hours from anaesthetic finish time

Total number of children with least one event recorded (Cumulative Percent)

 

0–4

0–8

0–24

0–48

0–72

0–96

0–120

0–144

0–168

0–192

0–216*

Retching/Vomiting

59

(23.7%)

75

(30.1%)

119

(47.8%)

153

(61.4%)

164

(65.9%)

174

(69.9%)

181

(72.7%)

186

(74.7%)

187

(75.1%)

190

(76.3%)

191

(76.7%)

Nausea **

24

(9.6%)

32

(12.9%)

59

(23.7%)

84

(33.7%)

93

(37.3%)

98

(39.5%)

103

(41.4%)

105

(42.2%)

105

(42.2%)

106

(42.6%)

107

(43.0%)

PONV

69

(27.7%)

81

(32.5%)

134

(53.8%)

162

(65.1%)

172

(69.1%)

182

(73.1%)

189

(75.9%)

190

(76.3%)

191

(76.7)

194

(77.9%)

195

(78.3%)

  1. PONV: First recorded nausea, retching or vomiting.
  2. *No new recorded events after 216 hours.
  3. **The differences between the incidence of nausea and retching/vomiting indicate that nausea is underestimated.