COMPLICATIONS OF GENERAL ANAESTHESIA
After anaesthesia.
1. Nausea and vomiting.
2. Persisting sedation: impaired psychomotor function.
3. Mucus plugging of airways, atelectasis and
pneumonia, especially after prolonged anaesthesia.
4. Organ toxicities: liver, kidney damage.
5. Nerve palsies—due to faulty positioning.
6. Emergence delirium.
7. Cognitive defects: prolonged excess cognitive
decline has been observed in some patients,
especially the elderly, who have undergone general
anaesthesia, particularly of long duration.
After anaesthesia.
1. Nausea and vomiting.
2. Persisting sedation: impaired psychomotor function.
3. Mucus plugging of airways, atelectasis and
pneumonia, especially after prolonged anaesthesia.
4. Organ toxicities: liver, kidney damage.
5. Nerve palsies—due to faulty positioning.
6. Emergence delirium.
7. Cognitive defects: prolonged excess cognitive
decline has been observed in some patients,
especially the elderly, who have undergone general
anaesthesia, particularly of long duration.
