Development and Internal Validation of a Perioperative Model for Predicting Early Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting After Gynecologic Laparoscopic Surgery.
- 1Department of Anesthesiology, Shantou Central Hospital, Shantou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
- 2Nursing Department, Shantou Central Hospital, Shantou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
Abstract
Background
Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is a frequent complication after gynecologic laparoscopic surgery. The classic Apfel score is widely used for risk assessment, but its individual-level discrimination may be limited in this relatively homogeneous high-risk population.Methods
We conducted a single-center prospective observational model-development study of 487 patients undergoing gynecologic laparoscopic surgery under general anesthesia. Nineteen candidate predictors were considered. Exploratory univariable screening (P<0.10), followed by backward elimination using the Akaike information criterion, was used to derive the multivariable logistic model. The blood-loss cut-point was selected by comparing candidate cut-points that retained at least 10% of patients in each group. Internal validation used 1000 bootstrap resamples in which the complete screening, cut-point selection, and backward-elimination procedure was repeated.Results
Overall, 216 patients (44.4%) developed 0-24 h PONV. The final eight-predictor model had an apparent AUC of 0.706 and Brier score of 0.214. After bootstrap correction of the complete development procedure, the AUC was 0.666, the Brier score was 0.229, the calibration slope was 0.793, and the calibration intercept was -0.001. The apparent AUC exceeded that of the Apfel score (0.586; paired DeLong difference 0.121, 95% CI 0.070-0.171; P<0.001).Conclusion
The perioperative model showed moderate apparent discrimination, which decreased after correction for model-development optimism. The model is preliminary and requires prospective external validation, recalibration where necessary, and clinical-impact evaluation before routine use.
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BibTeX
@article{zheng2026development,
title = {{Development and Internal Validation of a Perioperative Model for Predicting Early Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting After Gynecologic Laparoscopic Surgery.}},
author = {Zihui Zheng and Qinzhu Wu and Yuhua Zhou},
journal = {Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.2147/jmdh.s637369},
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42928769},
note = {CC BY-NC},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Development and Internal Validation of a Perioperative Model for Predicting Early Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting After Gynecologic Laparoscopic Surgery.
AU - Zihui Zheng
AU - Qinzhu Wu
AU - Yuhua Zhou
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/21
JO - Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare
DO - 10.2147/jmdh.s637369
UR - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42928769
AB - Background Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is a frequent complication after gynecologic laparoscopic surgery. The classic Apfel score is widely used for risk assessment, but its individual-level discrimination may be limited in this relatively homogeneous high-risk population.Methods We conducted a single-center prospective observational model-development study of 487 patients undergoing gynecologic laparoscopic surgery under general anesthesia. Nineteen candidate predictors were considered. Exploratory univariable screening (P<0.10), followed by backward elimination using the Akaike information criterion, was used to derive the multivariable logistic model. The blood-loss cut-point was selected by comparing candidate cut-points that retained at least 10% of patients in each group. Internal validation used 1000 bootstrap resamples in which the complete screening, cut-point selection, and backward-elimination procedure was repeated.Results Overall, 216 patients (44.4%) developed 0-24 h PONV. The final eight-predictor model had an apparent AUC of 0.706 and Brier score of 0.214. After bootstrap correction of the complete development procedure, the AUC was 0.666, the Brier score was 0.229, the calibration slope was 0.793, and the calibration intercept was -0.001. The apparent AUC exceeded that of the Apfel score (0.586; paired DeLong difference 0.121, 95% CI 0.070-0.171; P<0.001).Conclusion The perioperative model showed moderate apparent discrimination, which decreased after correction for model-development optimism. The model is preliminary and requires prospective external validation, recalibration where necessary, and clinical-impact evaluation before routine use.
SN - 1178-2390
ER -