[Frequency of vomiting after emergency abdominal surgery in a reference public hospital].

OBJECTIVE

The objective of this study was to evaluate the frequency of the vomiting after urgency abdominal surgery in the Alagoas reference public hospital.

METHODS

After approved in the Ethic and Search Committee of the Alagoas Federal University, the information was got in the medical records 24 hours after urgency abdominal surgery. Fisher test and chi-square with Yates correction were used do compare proportions assuming a 5% significance level. Was calculated 95% confidence interval to proportions when was possible.

RESULTS

Were 100 patients, 85% men (85/100, CI 95% 0.78-0.92). The vomiting frequency was 25% without statistical difference between abdominal surgery after trauma and inflammatory acute abdomen (P=0.46). There was not statistical difference between anesthetic techniques (P=0.99).

CONCLUSION

The general vomiting prevalence after the urgency abdominal surgery in the Alagoas reference public hospital was 25%.