Korean J Anesthesiol.  1992 Feb;25(1):121-125. 10.4097/kjae.1992.25.1.121.

Nausea and Vomiting in the Immediate Postanesthetic Peroid

• Ham BM
• Lee YS

• KMID: 2237042
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4097/kjae.1992.25.1.121

Abstract

The postanesthetic nausea and vomiting during the recovery period was regarded as one of the almost inevitable and undesirable sequelae of surgery and anesthesia. With the progress of anesthetic technics and agents the incidence of this complication has been reduced. The analysis of the incidence of postanesthetic nausea and vomiting that occurred in the postanesthetic recovery room was performed on 4239 patients who received general inhalation anesthesia from Nov. 1988 to Apr. 1989 in Seoul National University Hospital. The overall incidences of postanesthetic nausea and vomiting were 0.4% and 0.5% of 4239 patients, respectively. Although the use of isoflurane among anesthetics was followed by slightly lower incidence significant. The incidence was not significantly related to sex, operation site, and the department of surgery. The incidence decreased much more than before, but because nausea and vomiting can produce undesirable complications they should be carefully prevented and treated.

Keyword

Postanesthesia; Nausea; Vomiting

MeSH Terms

Anesthesia
Anesthesia, Inhalation
Anesthetics
Humans
Incidence
Isoflurane
Nausea*
Recovery Room
Seoul
Vomiting*
Anesthetics
Isoflurane