Korean J Anesthesiol.  1990 Oct;23(5):802-806. 10.4097/kjae.1990.23.5.802.

Postanesthetic Nausea and Vomiting in Children

• Kim SD
• Lee SM
• Lee YS

• KMID: 2240716
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4097/kjae.1990.23.5.802

Abstract

The postanesthetic nausea and vomiting are associated with significant morbidity in virtually any practice of anethesia and occur frequently in children. The analysis of postanesthetic nausea and vomiting was performed on 924 pediatric patients who had received operations from Nov. 1988 to Mar. 1989 in Seoul National University Childrens Hospital. The postanesthetic nausea and vomiting occurred 11.1% of the 924 patients and were not significantly related to sex, age, and the site of operation. The incidence of postanesthetic nausea and vomiting was highest in neurosurgical patients and lowest in cardiothoracic patients (NS 16.1%, TS 0.0%, p < 0;05). The incidence was 8.6%, 22.6% and 19.4% among patients receiving halothane, enflurane and intravenous anesthesia, respectively. (p<0.01). Because the nausea and vomiting during and after anesthesia can produce obstruction of the upper airway and aspiration pneumonia, resulting in hypoxemia, they are discussed more frequently, should be carefully prevented and treated.

Keyword

Postanesthetic; Nausea; Vomiting; Children

MeSH Terms

Anesthesia
Anesthesia, Intravenous
Anoxia
Child*
Enflurane
Halothane
Humans
Incidence
Nausea*
Pneumonia, Aspiration
Seoul
Vomiting*
Enflurane
Halothane