Abstract

INZUNZA SOSA, Joel et al. Prevalence of anesthetic complications in surgical procedures outside the operating room. Acta méd. Grupo Ángeles [online]. 2017, vol.15, n.2, pp.99-104. ISSN 1870-7203.

Anesthesia outside the operating room is a procedure that has increased. We investigated the prevalence of complications in patients undergoing an anesthetic procedure outside the operating room. We conducted a prospective, observational, cross-sectional study of 251 patients at the Civil Hospital of Culiacan who went to a preanesthetic evaluation from March to December 2014 to undergo anesthetic procedures outside the operating room: endoscopies, MRI, ERCP, CT, among others. The presence or absence of adverse effects was evaluated by the main researcher, anesthesiologist, during the period from September to December 2014. The drugs used in the study were propofol, midazolam and fentanyl. They were a total of 249 patients; according to gender, 46.8% of men and 39.9% of women presented complications. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy was the procedure performed the most (47.4%), and the most prevalent complication was bradycardia (17.9%). It was possible to determine the prevalence of complications in anesthetic procedures outside the operating room. The results agreed with the literature reviewed and proved that it is important to pay attention to the complications during anesthetic procedures outside the operating room, as they arise frequently.

Keywords : Anesthetic complications.

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