General Anaesthesia

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General Anaesthesia


Complications

  • direct trauma mouth / pharynx
  • inherited disorders
    • malignant hyperpyrexia
    • psuedocholinesterase deficiency
  • idiosyncratic / allergic
    • minor - post-operative nausea and vomiting
    • major
      • cardiovascular collapse
      • respiratory depression
      • halothane-induced jaundice
  • slow recovery from anaesthetic
    • drug interactions
    • innapropriate choice of drugs / dosage
    • inadequate reversal
  • 'Awareness' during anaesthetic
  • Disordered fluid balance
  • Hypothermia
    • long operations with extensive fluid loss
    • large volume transfusion of cold blood
  • Inadvertent trauma
    • initiation of pressure sores
    • pressure injury to nerves
    • diathermy pad burns
    • corneal abrasions
 

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