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Postoperative nausea and vomiting in arthroscopic day‐case surgery: a comparison between desflurane and isoflurane
Author(s) -
Hough M. B.,
Sweeney B.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1998.00516.x
Subject(s) - medicine , desflurane , isoflurane , anesthesia , nausea , vomiting , postoperative nausea and vomiting , surgery
We compared the postoperative effects, in particular nausea and vomiting, of two commonly used anaesthetic agents, isoflurane and desflurane, in patients undergoing day‐case arthroscopic surgery. We found a significantly higher incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting in those patients receiving desflurane. In our study, desflurane was associated with a higher incidence of peroperative respiratory complications, including airway irritability and coughing.