Abstract
As the safety of anaesthesia has improved, anaesthetists are judged increasingly by quality indicators, such as management of postoperative pain or postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). While it would be reassuring to believe that the use of prophylactic antiemetics would eliminate PONV, this is not true. The decision whether to give prophylactic antiemetics to prevent PONV must be based on risk–benefit analysis and cost effectiveness.
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