Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is one of the most frequent adverse events after surgery and anesthesia. NOVEL Health Strategies conducted by pilot hypothesis generating analysis of RWE on PONV

1. PONV: Burden and Trends in Hospital Stays
NOVEL Internal Project
February 2022
NOVEL Leads
Saurabh (Rob) Aggarwal, PhD
Ozlem Topaloglu, MPH, PhD
NOVEL Health Strategies
sa@novelhealthstrategies.com
www.NOVELHealthStrategies.com
NOVEL Health Strategies, Washington DC, +1-646-717-4789, www.NOVELHealthStrategies.com

2. There were an estimated 282K,142K and 221K hospitalizations with PONV diagnosis
for patients covered by Medicare,Medicaid and Private Payer

3. The mean LOS for most patients was around 5 days (Median range was 3-4 days)

4. Medicare patients had relatively higher co-morbidities (estimated using comorbidity
score)

5. Most common diagnosis codes for patients with PONV were: Z5111,A419 and N179
Z5111 Encounter for antineoplastic
chemotherapy
A419 Sepsis, unspecified organism
N179
Acute Kidney Failure