Prevalence Of General Anesthetics In The General Surgery Clinic At The University Clinical Center Of Kosovo

Abstract

Introduction – Anesthesia is a controlled, temporary state of insensitivity or unconsciousness induced for various medical purposes. It involves the use of medications (called anesthetics) to prevent pain during procedures or surgery.

Objective – The aim of this study is to examine the use of anesthetics in general surgery at UCCK, identifying the most commonly used types, their role and importance, methods of administration, and dosing during anesthesia.

Methodology – This study is a descriptive research, which, in addition to an in-depth literature review, utilized data from patient protocols in the General Surgery Department at UCCK, covering the period from January to June 2022.

Results – The results include data from all general surgery patients within the specified time period. The findings provide detailed information on anesthesia, types of anesthetics, administration methods, and their usage. It was observed that the prevalence of general anesthetics was dominant each month, while spinal anesthesia was the least used. The results are presented with graphs and accompanied by a detailed commentary.

Conclusions – Based on the study results, we conclude that the use of anesthetics is significantly high, with a large number of cases. General and neuraxial (spinal) anesthesia were the most commonly used, followed by intravenous anesthesia, and finally, anesthesia with a laryngeal mask. Most cases in this surgical department were conducted using general and spinal anesthesia.