• Mansoor Chandio, Faraz Shafiq, and Syed Ather Enam.
• Dr. Mansoor Chandio, FCPS. The Department of Anaesthesiology, The Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, Karachi, Pakistan.
• Pak J Med Sci. 2021 Jul 1; 37 (4): 939-944.

ObjectiveThe postoperative period is critical in neurosurgical patients, where the incidence of postoperative AEs is significantly high. Most of events occurs during recovery phase and has got relation to anaesthetic management. The objective of study was to determine frequency of early AEs in elective neurosurgical patients.MethodsThis cross sectional study was conducted at our tertiary care center. The duration of study was one year, from August 2017-July 2018. The data was collected using predesigned proforma. The assessment was done on arrival in recovery room (T1) and then at forty five minutes (T2), twenty-fourth hour (T3) and forty-eighth hour (T4) postoperatively.ResultsTotal ninety-five patients were included. Overall, five hundred and forty AEs were recorded at T1, T2, T3 and T4. Anaesthesia related events like pain, postoperative sore throat, hoarseness, shivering and hypothermia were the commonest (73%). There was a gradual decline in incidence of these events over period of 48 hours. There was no effect of age, sex, BMI and blood loss on incidence of AEs.ConclusionsPostoperative pain, PONV and shivering were frequently reported AEs. We did not identify the impact of age, sex, BMI, comorbid or type of surgery in terms of having these events.Copyright: © Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences.

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