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  2. Postoperative nausea and vomiting - Wikipedia

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    Vomiting has been associated with major complications, such as pulmonary aspiration of gastric content, and might endanger surgical outcomes after certain procedures, for example after maxillofacial surgery with wired jaws. Nausea and vomiting can delay discharge, and about 1% of patients scheduled for day surgery require unanticipated ...

  3. Postanesthetic shivering - Wikipedia

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    Postanesthetic shivering is one of the leading causes of discomfort in patients recovering from general anesthesia. It usually results due to the anesthetic inhibiting the body's thermoregulatory capability, although cutaneous vasodilation (triggered by post-operative pain) may also be a causative factor.

  4. Perioperative mortality - Wikipedia

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    Perioperative mortality has been defined as any death, regardless of cause, occurring within 30 days after surgery in or out of the hospital. [1] Globally, 4.2 million people are estimated to die within 30 days of surgery each year. [2]

  5. Post-anesthesia care unit - Wikipedia

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    A post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) and sometimes referred to as post-anesthesia recovery or PAR, or simply recovery, is a part of hospitals, ambulatory care centers, and other medical facilities. Patients who received general anesthesia , regional anesthesia , or local anesthesia are transferred from the operating room suites to the recovery area.

  6. Preoperative fasting - Wikipedia

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    Preoperative fasting is the practice of a surgical patient abstaining from eating or drinking ("nothing by mouth") for some time before having an operation.This is intended to prevent stomach contents from getting into the windpipe and lungs (known as a pulmonary aspiration) while the patient is under general anesthesia. [1]

  7. Abdominal surgery - Wikipedia

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    Of the 578 patients who died, 404 (69.9 percent) did so between 24 hours and 30 days following surgery (high 74.2 percent, middle 68.8 percent, low 60.5 percent). Patient safety factors were suggested to play an important role, with use of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist associated with reduced mortality at 30 days.

  8. Cholecystectomy - Wikipedia

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    All surgery carries risk of serious complications including damage to nearby structures, bleeding, infection, [20] or even death. The operative death rate in cholecystectomy is about 0.1% in people under age 50 and about 0.5% in people over age 50. [10] The greatest risk of death comes from co-existing illness like cardiac or pulmonary disease ...

  9. Inguinal hernia surgery - Wikipedia

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    [98] [25] Patients are encouraged to make strong efforts in getting up and walking around the day after surgery. [12] Most patients can resume their normal routine of daily living within the week such as driving, showering, light lifting, as well as sexual activity. [ 9 ]