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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 18.
Published in final edited form as: Microsurgery. 2013 Aug 28;34(2):112–121. doi: 10.1002/micr.22155

Table 1.

Patient, Procedural, and Pharmacological Variables

N (%) Range Mean ±sd Median [IQR]
Risk factors per patient 3 2 (6.9%) 2–6 3.6 ±0.9 3 [3–4]
4 13 (44.8%)
5 10 (34.5%)
6 3 (10.3%)
7 1 (3.5%)
Risk Factors Female 29 (100%)
Breast surgery 29 (100%)
Opioid therapy 29 (100%)
History of nausea/motion sickness 12 (41.4%)
Nonsmoker 19 (65.5%)
Age <40 years 6 (20.7%) 31–72 49.5 ±11.9 48 [40–58]
Surgery >12 hour long 9 (31.0%) 6–14.5 10.1 ±2.5 10 [8–12.5]
Inhalational anesthetic use 23 (79.0%)
Procedure type Bilateral delayed 1 (3.5%)
Bilateral immediate 8 (27.6%)
Bilateral staged 3 (10.3%)
Immediate and delayed 3 (10.3%)
Unilateral delayed 4 (13.8%)
Unilateral immediate 7 (24.1%)
Unilateral staged 3 (10.3%)
Preoperative antiemetic use 12 (41.4%)
Intraoperative antiemetic medication types None 6 (20.7%) 0–2 1.1 ±0.7 1 [1–2]
1 14 (48.3%)
2 9 (31.0%)
Intraoperative antiemetic doses None 6 (20.7%) 0–3 1.2 ±0.9 1 [1–2]
1 13 (44.8%)
2 8 (27.6%)
3 2 (6.9%)
Any prophylaxis No 3 (10.3%)
Yes 26 (89.7%)
Preop only 3 (10.3%)
Intraop only 14 (48.3%)
Both 9 (31.0%)