title: [Frequency of vomiting after emergency abdominal surgery in a reference public hospital].
abstract: 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).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The general vomiting prevalence after the urgency abdominal surgery in the Alagoas reference public hospital was 25%.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Ensino e Treinamento, Obras Sociais Irmã Dulce, Salvador, BA, BR. fabianotimbo@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Fabiano Timbó
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Barbosa
authors.forename: Roberta Ribeiro Marques
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Brandão
authors.forename: Roberta Louise Künzler A de
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Almeida
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D005260:Female; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020250:Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055815:Young Adult