Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8619361 | Journal of Clinical Anesthesia | 2018 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
The immediate post-operative period entails significant risk for serious complications, particularly respiratory injury and complications of airway management. Appropriate monitoring of patients by responsible providers in the PACU is crucial to timely diagnosis of potentially severe complications, as missed and delayed diagnoses were a factor in a number of the cases reviewed.
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Authors
Daniel B. Kellner, Richard D. Urman, Penny Greenberg, Ethan Y. Brovman,