The Incidence of Complications after Gynecologic Elective Surgeries under General Anesthesia and Some Related Factors in Recovery Ward of Alzahra Hospital during 2020

Recovery is one of the most important wards which require special attention. Patients in this ward could be affected by complications such as pain, shivering, nausea and vomiting and unstable hemodynamic status, which without early therapeutic intervention, poor outcomes may occur. This study was planned aiming to investigate the status of recovery ward of Alzahra hospital.

In this cross sectional descriptive study, elective surgeries under general anesthesia were evaluated and according to check list vital signs, post-operative nausea vomiting, pain and shivering were documented.

A total of 174 cases enrolled the survey. The mean age of our patients was 40.35 year, BMI 29.01 kg/m2, and anesthesia duration 100.74 minutes.73% were in ASA class I. regarding hemodynamic status, two patients were affected by more than 20% <font>drop</font> in BP from baseline, and two had Sao2 less than 94%. 3.4% complained from PONV, and 107% reported shivering. 81.6% had no pain.

The patients had proper conditions in recovery ward, but patient’s age and their healthy status should be considered as well.