Implementation Study of the PostOperative Nausea and Vomiting Prediction Rule

NCT00293618 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 11970

Last updated 2009-01-16

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Summary

This study evaluates whether the implementation of a prediction rule for postoperative nausea and vomiting changes physician behaviour, improves patient outcome and improves cost-effectiveness of treatment of postoperative nausea and vomiting.

Conditions

  • Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting

Interventions

DEVICE

Automatic Risk Presentation in the operating room

Automatic calculation and presentation of a patient's individual predicted PONV risk by the anesthesia information management system during the entire procedure

OTHER

Education

Specific information is provided to the intervention group: about PONV, about the prediction model. While the Usual Care group only receives information about the study purposes

OTHER

Feedback

Feedback about the physician's personal performance on prevention of PONV

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • ZonMw: The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development

    collaborator OTHER
  • UMC Utrecht

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Cor J Kalkman, M.D. PhD · UMC Utrecht

  • Karel G Moons, PhD · UMC Utrecht

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-03-31
Primary Completion
2007-12-31
Completion
2008-01-31

Countries

  • Netherlands

Study Locations

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