This is a list of papers on the subject of PONV. Use the links to download the articles as PDF.
Apfel CC, Korttila K, Abdalla M, Kerger H, Turan A, Vedder I, Zernak C, Danner K, Jokela R, Pocock SJ, Trenkler S, Kredel M, Biedler A, Sessler DI, Roewer N. A Factorial Trial of Six Interventions for the Prevention of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting. NEJM 2004; 350(24):2441-2451. PDF-File
Apfel CC, Roewer N. Postoperative Übelkeit und Erbrechen. Anaesthesist 2004; 53(4): 377-391. PDF-File
Pierre S, Corno G, Benais H, Apfel CC . A risk score-dependent antiemetic approach effectively reduces postoperative nausea and vomiting. Can J Anesthesia 2004; 51(4): 320-325. PDF-File
Apfel CC, Korttila K, Abdalla M, Biedler A, Kranke P, Pocock SJ, Roewer N. An International Multicenter Protocol to Assess the Single and Combined Benefits of Antiemetic Strategies in a Controlled Clinical Trial of a 2x2x2x2x2x2 factorial design (IMPACT) Contr Clin Trials 2003; 24: 736-751. PDF-File
Apfel CC, Koivuranta M, Sweeney B. Study of postoperative nausea and vomiting: recommending risk models for group comparisons. Anaesthesia 2003; 58(5): 492-493. PDF-File
Apfel CC, Roewer N. Risk assessment of postoperative nausea and vomiting. In: International Anesthesiology Clinics. 2003; 13-32. PDF-File
Gan TJ, Meyer T, Apfel CC, Chung F, Davis PJ, Eubanks S, Kovac A, Philip B, Sessler DI, Temo J, Tramèr MR, Watcha M. Consensus Guidelines for the management of postoperative nausea and vomiting. Anesth Analg 2003; 97(6): 62-71. PDF-File
Verheecke G, Apfel CC. Early postoperative vomiting and volatile anaesthetics or nitrous oxide. Br J Anaesth 2003; 90: 109 PDF-File
Apfel CC, Roewer N, Korttila K. How to study postoperative nausea and vomiting. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2002; 46(8): 921-928 PDF-File
Maleck WH, Piper SN, Apfel CC, Roewer N. Predictive models for postoperative nausea and vomiting. Br J Anaesth 2002; 89(2): 339-42. PDF-File
Apfel CC, Kranke P, Katz M, Goepfert C, Papenfuss T, Rauch S, Heineck R, Greim CA, Roewer N. Volatile anaesthetics may be the main cause of early postoperative nausea and vomiting: A randomized controlled trial of factorial design. Br J Anaesth 2002; 88(5): 659-68. PDF-File
Apfel CC, Kranke P, Eberhart LHJ, Roos A, Roewer N. Comparison of predictive models for postoperative nausea and vomiting. Br J Anaesth 2002; 88(2): 234-40. PDF-File
Apfel CC, Eberhart LHJ, Kranke P, Rüsch D. Empfehlungen für randomisierte, kontrollierte Studien zur Vorbeugung und Therapie von Übelkeit und Erbrechen nach Narkosen. Anästhesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzth 2002 (2); 69-74. PDF-File
Apfel CC, Greim CA, Kranke P, Roewer N. What can be expected from risk scores for predicting postoperative nausea and vomiting? Br J Anaesth 2001; 86(6): 822-827. PDF-File
Kranke P, Apfel CC, Eberhart LHJ, Georgieff M, Roewer N. The influence of a dominating centre on a quantitative systematic review of granisetron for preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting. Acta Anaesth Scand 2001; 45: 659-670. PDF-File
Kranke P, Apfel CC, Papenfuss T, Rauch S, Löbmann U, Rübsam B, Greim C-A, Roewer N. An increased body mass index is no risk factor for postoperative nausea and vomiting. Acta Anaesth Scand 2001; 45: 160-166. PDF-File
Apfel CC, Roewer N. Einflussfaktoren von Übelkeit und Erbrechen nach Narkosen. Fiktionen und Fakten. Anaesthesist 2000; 49:629-642. PDF-File
Kranke P, Apfel CC , Roewer N. Reported data on granisetron and postoperative nausea and vomiting by Fujii et al. are incredibly nice! Anesth Analg 2000:90(4): 1004-1006 PDF-File
Kranke P, Apfel CC , Greim C-A, Roewer N. Methodological problems arising from `serial publishing´ on the effectiveness of granisetron in PONV. Br J Anaesth 2000; 82(3): 481-483. PDF-File
Apfel CC, Kranke P, Roewer N. Ist ein Score zur Voraussage von Erbrechen auch auf Pelviskopien anwendbar? Anaesthesist 2000; 49(3): 227-229. PDF-File
Apfel CC, Kranke P, Roewer N. Patient selection and presentation of antiemetic outcome variables. Anesthesiology 1999, 90(6): 1789-1790. PDF-File
Apfel CC, Kranke P, Greim CA, Roewer N. Non-systematic serial publishing is not approriate and ethically questionable. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 1999; 43(4): 486-487. PDF-File
Apfel CC, Roewer N. Prediction of postoperative nausea and vomiting using clinical risk factors. In Problems of the gastrointestinal tract in anesthesia, the perioperative period and intensive care. Eds.: Herbert M, Holzer P, Roewer, N. Springer Publisher, Heidelberg, Berlin. 1999, 289-301. PDF-File
Apfel CC, Läärä E, Koivuranta M, Greim CA, Roewer N. A simplified risk score for the prediction of postoperative nausea and vomiting. Anesthesiology 1999, 91(3): 693-700. PDF-File
Apfel CC, Greim CA, Goepfert C, Grundt D, Usadel J, Sefrin P, Roewer N. Postoperatives Erbrechen. Ein Score zur Voraussage des Erbrechensrisikos nach Inhalationsanaesthesien. Anaesthesist 1998; 47(9): 732-740. PDF-File
Apfel CC, Greim CA, Haubitz I, Grundt D, Goepfert C, Sefrin P, Roewer N. The discriminating power of a risk score for postoperative vomiting in adults undergoing various types of surgery. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 1998; 42(5): 502-509. PDF-File
Apfel CC, Greim CA, Haubitz I, Goepfert C, Usadel J, Sefrin P, Roewer N. A risk score to predict the probability of postoperative vomiting in adults. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 1998; 42(5): 495-501. PDF-File
