Assessment the Post Operative Complication among Patients with General Anesthesia

Objective: Each year, increasing numbers of people are undergoing surgery. Many of
these patients are older and have multiple comorbidities. General anesthesia is very
common anesthetic procedure which is used in several surgical approaches. Without
general anesthesia many of these surgeries are lifesaving or life-changing and would not
be possible. But all medical procedures are associated with some complications, even
when they are performed by experts. The severity and rate of these complications depend
on patient's state of health. Method: A Descriptive quantitative design study has been
used in the present study to estimate the Post operative complication among patient
undergo the general anesthesia at Al-Sadder Medical City and Al-Hakeem hospital
during the October,15th, 2023 to March,28th ,2024. Results: According to the current
study sample researcher found the most common complication in the respiratory system
was difficult breathing (50%). Regarding Gastrointestinal complications recent study
showed that the highest percentage were nausea (71.0%), constipation (68.33%) and
vomiting (58%). The highest percentages of complication in the cardiovascular system
was hypotension (41.7%). There is low percent in urinary incontinence and dysuria
with (20%) and (16.67%). Regarding to the general complications the result show that
headache is the most common with (82%) from all sample. Novelty: Most of precent
study sample were diabetic patient (66.7%), those with previous surgery (66.7%), those
with only one previous surgery (25%), the most complication after general anesthesia
were Headache, Nausea, Chills, Constipation Motor deficit. And there is no correlation
between patient who had previous surgery and who had not.