MACEDO, Flaviana Pontes Soares.
Resumo:
Surgical procedures that involve manually cutting or suturing tissues are called
surgeries. These procedures are used to ease the pain caused by accidents suffered
or some illness, which depending on the patient's situation, may or may not require
urgent intervention. To perform these procedures, anesthetic drugs are used in order
to relieve pain in the face of the situation. Based on this, this study aimed to identify
the contribution of national and international scientific production on the side effects
presented by post-surgery patients related to anesthetics. An integrative literature
review was carried out with materials published between 2015 and 2022 consulted in
the databases: Medline, Pubmed, Lilacs, Scielo, Google Scholar and in national and
international health committees. The following terms and combinations were used for
the search: 1) Anesthetic; 2) Surgical procedures; 3) Side effects of anesthetics. Data
collection took place from May to October 2022, and after analysis, 16 articles
published in journals were used. The types of anesthetics most cited in the studies
were thiopentanal sodium, midazolam, ketamine, profanol, morphine, fentamyl,
remifentamil, tramadol, amacurium, mivacurium, vecuronium, rocuronium,
cisatracurium and suxamethonium. The most identified side effects were vomiting,
nausea, headache, hallucinations, nightmares, cognitive and recent memory changes,
hypotension, irritation of the airways (cough, laryngeal spasms), and increased
intracranial pressure. To minimize such side effects, drugs have been combined and
applied to patients who have had some type of reaction. Finally, it is emphasized that
the proposed objectives were met, bringing relevant information and developments on
the subject through the literature studied.