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Antiemetic prescribing patterns for post-operative surgical patients Van N Tran1 Brennan J Fitzpatrick1 Stefanie N Edwards2 Emily J Ferraro2 Federica Marafi oti2 Thi Nguyen2 Alia Rafhi2 On Na Lam2Vincent Chan2<p><strong>Background</strong>: Post-operative nausea and vomiting is a common occurrence amongst surgical patients. Anecdotal reports suggest antiemetic prescribing patterns to be an area for improvement.</p><p><strong>Aim</strong>: To report the most commonly prescribed antiemetic agents in a major tertiary teaching hospital in Australia; and to assess medication dosage and compared to the current national and international guidelines with recommended multimodal therapies.</p><p><strong>Methods</strong>: A retrospective analysis from patients’ electronic medical fi les of patients admitted under a surgical unit that underwent operative management during a four week period was conducted.</p> Journal of Surgery and Surgical Research - Peertechz Publications 2019-07-11 Research Article https://doi.org/10.17352/2455-2968.000071 en Copyright © Van N Tran1 et al.