The Complications after General Anesthesia between Female and Male Genders in the First 24 Hours after Surgery

During surgery, the body responds to injury. These physiological responses lead to an imbalance in the physiologic activity of the body.

This study aimed to compare the incidence of complications after general anesthesia between males and females in the first 24 hours postoperatively.

This is a cross-sectional study. The study population included 150 patients who were candidates for surgery in the age range of 18-55. The sampling method was simple and sequential, and the selection of samples continued to reach 75 in both male and female groups. The collected data were analyzed by SPSS v.18 software and descriptive statistics, chi-square and Repeated Measure tests. Finally, P <0.05 was considered statistically significant.

The incidence of some complications after general anesthesia was significantly higher in women than in men, including hypertension, tachycardia, tachypnea, restlessness, reduction of SaO2, hypotension, pain, vomiting, nausea, and drowsiness. Also, some complications were observed in women more than men, but they were not statistically significant, including voice violence, urinary retention, bradypnea, and shivering. Bradycardia was the only complication that was seen in men more than women but was not statistically significant. It was also observed that all complications after 24 hours significantly decreased in all patients.

It is suggested that in future studies, this type of study should be conducted with a larger sample size in different populations and compared with other types of anesthetics.