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% confidance 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 abdome (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%.
Abdomen; Vomiting; Postoperative nausea and vomiting; Postoperative complications