Prevalence of general anesthetics use in the Clinic of Surgery at the University Clinical Center of Kosovo

Abstract

Introduction - Anesthesia is a state of controlled, temporary loss of sensation or consciousness that is induced for various medical purposes. It refers to the use of medications (called anesthetics) so that we do not feel pain during procedures or surgery.

The aim - of this study is the use of anesthetics in general surgery in UCCK, the most used types, their role and importance, the way of administration and their dosage during the anesthesia period.

Methodology - This paper is a research in which a descriptive method was used, where, in addition to a deep review of the literature, data were obtained from the protocols of patients from general surgery at the UCCK, during the period January - June 2022.

Results - The results include all general surgery patients in that specific time period. The results achieved have resulted in detailed data about anesthesia, anesthetics, the way of administration, their use. We note that the prevalence of general anesthetics is dominant in each month and the spinal one is the least used. The obtained results are presented with graphs and commented on their content.

Conclusions - From the results obtained from this study, we can conclude that the use of anesthetics is very high and the number of cases is very high. General and neuroaxillary (spinal) anesthesia are the most used, then intravenous anesthesia, and finally the laryngeal mask. Most of the cases in this surgery are performed by means of general and spinal anesthesia.

Key words: anesthesia, anesthetics, hypnotics, analgesics, muscle relaxant, uses, dosage, general anesthetics.