Agenda and papers for the 2025 Annual General Meeting.
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This leaflet explains why it is possible that some nerve damage may occur during your general anaesthetic. This is an uncommon event. The types of damage that can occur, its consequences, recovery time and treatment are described in this leaflet. It also describes all that is done routinely to try and prevent this happening during your anaesthetic.
This leaflet explains why there is a risk that you may develop a chest infection after an operation. A general anaesthetic can affect the normal way that phlegm is moved from the lungs. Pain from the operation may also make it more difficult to cough or breathe deeply, which means there is a higher risk of chest infection.
This leaflet is about the risk of becoming confused after a general anaesthetic and surgery. This is known as ‘delirium’. It explains the causes of delirium and what can be done about it.
This leaflet explains the possible causes of damage to the eye during anaesthesia. Serious damage is an uncommon or rare event but should be considered a risk in certain operations.
This leaflet explains what anaphylaxis is and why rarely during an operation an allergic reaction may occur.
This leaflet explains how can nerve damage happen during a peripheral nerve block, what it feels like to have nerve damage and what can be done about it. Temporary nerve damage is common and it recovers within a few days or weeks. Permanent nerve damage after a peripheral nerve block is rare.
This leaflet gives information about why patients might die or get significant brain damage during an anaesthetic and what can be done to prevent it. Most of the deaths that occur around the time of surgery are not directly caused by the anaesthetic but due to other illnesses or the surgery itself.
This leaflet explains why a certain type of headache may occasionally develop after an epidural or spinal injection. This is called a post dural puncture headache. This leaflet explains the symptoms, the cause and the treatment of this type of headache.
This leaflet is about nerve damage which can happen after a spinal or an epidural anaesthetic. It explains the causes and what can be done about it.