Post-operative activities

The anesthesia care team and the recovery room nursing staff will do their very best to treat your post-operative pain and nausea. The anesthesia care team and the post-anesthesia nurse work together in the recovery area to keep you safe and comfortable.

With today's new anesthetic agents, post-operative nausea is infrequently caused by anesthesia. However, certain surgical procedures predispose patients to develop nausea because they stimulate nausea centers in the body. It is likely that at the end of surgery, you will not experience any nausea, but will probably require opioid narcotics for pain relief in the recovery room. Unfortunately, these pain relievers have nausea as a common side effect. Once you go home, pain pills can also cause nausea.