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Post-Anesthesia Side Effects

Published Aug,14 2017 | By Cheryl Orr

Side effects, best thought of as undesired effects of a medical therapy occurring along with the desired treatment, often occur following an anesthetic. Distinct from a complication, which implies harm or risk to the patient, side effects after anesthesia produce inconvenience and discomfort but usually not harm.

Cheryl Orr is a board-certified anesthesiologist who began writing professionally in 2010. She has been published in "Anesthesiology" and the "Journal of Clinical Anesthesia." She authored "General Anesthesia for Trauma" in the reference text "TRAUMA: Emergency Resuscitation, Perioperative Anesthesia, Surgical Management," published in 2007. Orr earned her medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh.